[00:00.000] 作词 : Mark Knopfler[00:01.000] 作曲 : Mark Knopfler[02:19.419]A long time ago came a man on a track[02:23.669]Walking thirty miles with a sac on his back[02:27.679]And he put down his load where he thought it was the best[02:33.990]And he made a home in the wilderness[02:37.469]He built a cabin and a winter store[02:41.849]And he ploughed up the ground by the cold lake shore[02:46.199]And the other travellers came walking down the track[02:49.918]And they never went further and they never went back[02:56.199]Then came the churches then came the schools[03:00.190]Then came the lawyers then came the rules[03:04.199]Then came the trains and trucks with their loads[03:08.390]And the dirty old track was the telegraph road[03:36.478]Then came the mines - then came the ore[03:40.949]Then there was the hard times then there was a war[03:44.989]Telegraph sang a song about the world outside[03:48.969]Telegraph road got so deep and so wide[03:54.418]Like a rolling river ...[05:03.609]And my radio says tonight it's gonna freeze[05:08.650]People driving from the factories[05:11.679]There's six lanes of traffic[05:15.800]Three lanes moving slow ...[07:19.210]I used to like to go to work but they shut it down[07:22.599]I've got a right to go to work but there's no work here to be found[07:26.460]Yes and they say we're gonna have to pay what's owed[07:30.999]We're gonna have to reap from some seed that's been sowed[07:37.450]And the birds up on the wires and the telegraph poles[07:41.799]They can always run away from this rain and this cold[07:45.469]You can hear them singing out their telegraph code[07:49.900]All the way down the telegraph road[08:26.650]You know I'd sooner forget but I remember those nights[08:30.400]When life was just a bet on race between the light[08:34.789]You had your head on my shoulder you had your hand in my hair[08:38.297]Now you act a little colder like you don't seem care ...[08:43.837]But believe in me baby and I'll take you away[08:49.700]From out of this darkness and into the day[08:51.867]From these rivers of headlights these river of rain[08:56.770]From the anger that lives on the streets with these names[08:59.867]'cos I've run every rod light on memory lane[09:03.977]I've seen desperation explode into flames[09:08.897]And I don't want to see it again ...[09:16.279]From all of these signs saying sorry but we're closed[09:20.917]All the way...............[09:35.937]down the telegraph road.................................