Mountain

Pappalardi-Rea-West

Oh can you tell me Oh how the joy
Passed from his childhood That's not my boy
I see he's finished, he's run his race
We're not his family that's not his face
We taught him well And from his youth
He knew he always Must know the truth
He left his country to go to war
When he returned, he'd found we closed the door
Chorus
But we never dreamed when he was leaving
That he would taste the flowers of evil
I know his habit was not so bad
When for fifty dollars it could be had
But now he' home to his promised land
And what he needs got to cost a Grand
When he'd been home for six month's time
My son he told me, he'd made up his mind
He's re-enlisted for three years more
It's too expensive to stop this war
[ Chorus ]
Oh can you tell me Oh how the joy
Passed from his childhood That's not my boy
He's re-enlisted for three years more
Is the price of peace worth the price of war?

Collins-Pappalardi

The two island swans, mated for life
and his faithful heart would not consider any other wife.
For three years' peaceful joy 'midst the rushes of the pond.
Proud and gentle was the loving of the last two island swans.
And their love was like a circle, no beginning and no end
with his lady by his side, a treasure and a best friend.
And the pond was all so peaceful in the rising of the sun
young and free as the island breeze, their life had just begun.
On a dread day in November when the seering cold did start
stalked the hunter with his bow and put an arrow in her heart.
Husband, come to my side - let your feathers warm my pain
for I fear I shall not share another day with you again.
And the cold winds blow.
He was brave but he's laid low
by her body in the island mist.
I saw him give her one last cold kiss ... one last cold kiss.
Now of swans the people talk of only one in this day's tide.
Though they brought him twenty ladies, he would take no other bride.
And they say he will not come from the spot where she did fall.
Once so proud, he's beaten now, and he will not speak at all.

I'm a crossroader.
Speedin' from town to town.
I'm a crossroader.
Speedin' from town to town.
I never ride the main highway.
So nobody can slow me down.

I'm always trav'lin'.
Just a taste outside the law.
I'm always trav'lin'.
Just a taste outside the law.
If you come lookin' for some trouble
I'm the man that you'relookin' for.

When things ain't movin' fast enough
I gotta' pick up and move
When things ain't movin' fast enough
I gotta' pick up and move
They say it ain't no way for a man to be livin'.
It's the crossroader's blues.

Collins-Pappalardi

One man's life passed all in needing.
Words out loud that want repeating.
Fathers passed to sons their craving.
Woman's loved.
Their children saving kings who walk with banners waving still.
I have no heart for listening to the men who talk of peace.
They'e putting all their nonsense in my way.
won't you please, my love, please rest your tired little hands.
We've been talking half the night and there's so much more to say.

Mississippi Queen, If you know what I mean
Mississippi Queen, She taught me everything
Way down around Vicksburg, Around Louisiana way
She moved better on wine
You know she was a dancer
Lived a cajun lady, Aboard the Mississippi Queen
Boy I beg your pard

Never in my life
Could i find a girl like you
Never in my life
Could i find a girl like you
When i wake up in the morning
You make me feel so good
Bringing me the cider whisky
Feel a bit lonely too
For the first time in my life
I finally found someone l

Pappalardi-Rea-West

Oh can you tell me Oh how the joy
Passed from his childhood That's not my boy
I see he's finished, he's run his race
We're not his family that's not his face
We taught him well And from his youth
He knew he always Must know the truth
He left his country to go to war
When he returned, he'd found we closed the door
Chorus
But we never dreamed when he was leaving
That he would taste the flowers of evil
I know his habit was not so bad
When for fifty dollars it could be had
But now he' home to his promised land
And what he needs got to cost a Grand
When he'd been home for six month's time
My son he told me, he'd made up his mind
He's re-enlisted for three years more
It's too expensive to stop this war
[ Chorus ]
Oh can you tell me Oh how the joy
Passed from his childhood That's not my boy
He's re-enlisted for three years more
Is the price of peace worth the price of war?

Standin' on my pillow
Talkin' to the moon
Wadin' in the ocean
I'm sendin' for you soon

Reachin' for the handle
Achin' in my head
Woven in the bedsheets
And then I will understand

Yeah!

Sun comes over the city
Time goes in its hand
Politicians are screamin'
There's a time and a little to spare

Leanin' out of the window
Runnin' from the gun
Caught in webs of invention
It's the blood, it's the blood of the sun

Hidin' in the ocean
With the sunshine at my side
To leave the hard road behind me
There's a light on the road that I ride

Thunder down in the valley
Rainbow 'round the moon
To leave the city behind me
I'm sendin' for you soon
Yeah, I'm sendin' for you soon

Who am I
But you and the sun
A sad reflection of everyone
Was it me who let you walk away
Were you the one
Or is it we're the same
What are we in time going by
The simple story of a younger life
Half in dreams
And somehow through the day
We haven't come so far to lose our way
Look at me
I believe it's true
You're a part of me
I'm a part of you
Love is only what we come to live
The waking, breathing and all we give
A crystal passing reflected in our eyes
Eclipsing all the jealousy and lies
Look at me
I believe it's true
You're a part of me
I'm a part of you
Quiet as the voices in a dream
Without you, shadowed the things I see
Remember the evening
I let you walk away
Were you the one
Or is it we're the same
Look at me
I believe it's true
You're a part of me
I'm a part of you
당신과 태양이 사라진
나는 누구란 말인가요
슬픈 기억 속에 떠오르는 사람들
내가 당신을 떠나 보냈나요
당신이 바로 나의 운명이었나요
아니면 우린 그대로 인가요
흘러가는 시간 속에 우린 어찌 되나요
젊은 시절 순진했던 사랑
반쯤 꿈에 홀린 채
지내온 나날이지만
얼마 가지 못하고 길을 잃고 말았어요
나를 좀 봐요
당신의 나의 일부이고
난 당신의 일부라는 걸
난 굳게 믿어요
살며 할 수 있는 건 오직 사랑뿐
깨어나 숨을 쉬고 서로에게 베풀고
우리 눈에 비쳐 스치는 해맑음에
저물어 가는 시기와 거짓
나를 좀 봐요
당신의 나의 일부이고
난 당신의 일부라는 걸
난 굳게 믿어요
꿈 속에서 들은 목소리처럼 나직이
당신 없이는 모두 그림자에 드리워져요
내가 당신을 떠난 보낸
그 날 밤을 기억해요
당신이 나의 운명이었던가요
아니면 우린 그대로인가요
나를 좀 봐요
당신의 나의 일부이고
난 당신의 일부라는 걸
난 굳게 믿어요거구의 기타리스트 Leslie West와 Felix Pappalardi가 주축이 된 Mountain의 1970년 데뷔작입니다. 이 앨범에서 차트에서 호조를 보이며 인기를 얻은 곡은 Mississippi Queen이었지만 Mountain 특유의 서정미 가득한 트랙을 고른다면 단연 이 곡을 꼽고 싶군요.
For Yasgur's Farm
아무리 가사를 살펴봐도 제목에 대한 단서를 전혀 찾을 수가 없죠. Yasgur는 농장을 소유한 사람인 Max Yasgur의 성입니다. 이 농장에서 그 유명한 Woodstock 공연이 열렸고 Mountain이 그 모습을 대중에게 처음 공개했던 장소가 Woodstock입니다. 겉으로 보기에는 사랑 노래 같은 이 곡은 그 농장에서 열렸던 Woodstock 공연을 그리워 하는 내용입니다

Goodbye, little Robin-Marie
Don't try following me
Don't cry, little Robin-Marie
Cause you know I'm coming home soon

My ship's leaving on a 3 year tour
The next tide will take us from shore
Wind-laced, gathering sail and spray
On a search for the mighty sperm whale

Fly your willow branches
Wrap your body around my soul
Lay down your reeds
and drums on my soft sheets

There are years behind us reaching
to a place where hearts are beating
And I know you're the last true love
I'll ever meet

Starbuck's sharpening his harpoon
The black man's playing his tune
An old salt's sleeping his watch away
He'll be drunk again before noon

Three years, sailing on bended knee
We found no whales in this sea
Don't cry, little Robin-Marie
Cause we'll be in sight of land soon

Fly your willow branches
Wrap your body around my soul
Lay down your reeds
and drums on my soft sheets

There are years behind us reaching
to a place where hearts are beating
And I know you're the last true love
I'll ever meet


해석..

안녕, 로빈 마리
날 따라오려 하지 말아요
울면 안되요, 로빈 마리
난 곧 돌아온다는 걸 알잖아요

난 3년간의 항해를 떠날 거에요
다음 조수가 밀려오면 출발할 거에요
돛을 펴고 물보라를 일으키며 바람을 타고
거대한 향유고래를 찾아 나서는 거죠

당신의 버들 가지를 활짝 펴고
내 영혼에 몸을 감싸요
당신의 갈대 피리와 북은
내 부드러운 시트에 내려 놓아요

가슴 설레는 그 곳에 닿기까지
몇 년이 걸렸어요
당신은 내가 만난
마지막 진실한 사랑이에요

스타벅은 작살을 손질하고
흑인은 노래를 부르고 있어요
뱃노인은 잠으로 경계 근무를 때우고
정오가 되기 전에 또 취하겠죠

간절한 마음으로 3년간 항해를 했건만
우리는 이 바다에서 고래를 찾지 못했어요
울지 말아요, 로빈 마리
우린 곧 육지에 닿게 될테니까요

당신의 버들 가지를 활짝 펴고
내 영혼에 몸을 감싸요
당신의 갈대 피리와 북은
내 부드러운 시트에 내려 놓아요

가슴 설레는 그 곳에 닿기까지
몇 년이 걸렸어요
당신은 내가 만난
마지막 진실한 사랑이에요

Do you remember the great train robbery?
How it all happened, back in '63
When Johnny Rainbow took his band of brave men
Went down to the crossing to meet that train
When they were sure the time was right

Fourteen men to share seven million
Bound to steal, steal it all and run
Johnny wanted to keep it peaceful
But Wilson cried and though it might have died
You know they had to turn and run

The life of a thief
Is all bits and pieces
It's out on the street
And all that it teaches
The look in the wind
And taking a gamble
The wages of sin
Are too hot to handle

(Look him in the eye)
He takes what he finds
(Look him in the eye)
Yeah, he's marking time
(Look him in the eye)
His life's on the line

No one knows where the Rainbow is hiding
He's been sure not to tip his hand
He is still living on the fruits of that bloody day
They caught some of his friends, they got some of his money
But they never could catch that man

The affairs of that night will live forever
As the law was breeched in the heart of a thief
Many legends still declare that tragic day
How the iron horse fell, oh I know so well
I was a party to all that grief