《Many Trails》是Bill Miller演唱的歌曲，收錄於專輯《The Red Road》。
基本介紹
- 外文名：Many Trails (Album Version)
- 所屬專輯：The Red Road
- 歌曲原唱：Bill Miller
- 發行日期：1993年7月30日
- 歌曲語言：英語
歌曲歌詞
A boy heard the voice of
The whippoorwill one night
And went out to find where he was singing
He had to walk quite a ways through a big field
Because the song of the whippoorwill
Carried so well in the wind
He sounded much closer then he really was
And on the way the boy found a well worn trail
So he stayed on it for a while
And sitting in the middle of the trail was coyote
And coyote was singing too
He turned and saw the boy and he said
"Why are you following me "
The boy was frightened and said
"Well the trail you made happened to be a short
And easy way through this field
Then coyote asked "Well if you're not following me
Then why are you here "
"Well I heard the beautiful song of the whippoorwill
And wanted to watch him sing"
"Well do you not think my songs are beautiful "
Said coyote
"Oh" said the boy
"They're good but I hear you all the time
I much prefer the songs of the whippoorwill"
This made coyote furious and
He was jealous of the whippoorwill's song
He said "Listen to my night song
You might like this one"
And he pulled back his head
And yodeled out a tune
The boy covered his ears and politely said
"Thank you for the song
But I must be going now"
"Well" coyote said
"I can show you a short cut to the whippoorwill boy
And where he sings is just over there"
Pointing his claw
Smiling out of the side of his mouth
The boy paused looked around
He knew the night was passing fast
So he agreed to follow coyote
But coyote's trail was rough and rocky
And the boy fell in quite
A few gopher holes along the way
Coyote turned around and laughed
And he yelled to the boy
"We're almost there hurry up"
Coyote was at a full trot but the boy
Had just fallen again and hurt his knee
And by the time he got to the place
Where the whippoorwill had been singing all night
It was morning
Whippoorwill was gone and so was coyote
In fact he could hear coyote's songs in another field
So the boy turned and headed for home
Covered with burns
Mosquito bites and a skinned up knee
And it was many summers later
When the boy became a wiser man
And he realized there are no shortcuts
To find something you really love
But there are many trails in this life
So you must stay true to your path
And always keep and eye out for coyote
