《The Talking Leaves》是Johnny Cash演唱的歌曲，由Johnny Cash作詞，收錄於《Bitter Tears (Ballads Of The American Indian)》專輯中。
基本介紹
- 外文名：The Talking Leaves
- 所屬專輯：Bitter Tears (Ballads Of The American Indian)
- 歌曲原唱：Johnny Cash
- 填詞：Johnny Cash
歌曲歌詞
Sequoia's winters were sixteen silent tongue spirit clean
He walked at his father's side
Across the smoking battle ground
Where red and white men lay all around
So many here had died
The wind had scattered around snow
White leaves upon the ground
Not leaves like leaves from trees
Sequoia said what can this be
What's the strange thing here I see
From where come leaves like these
Sequoia turned to his father's eyes
And he said father you're wise
From where come such snow white leaves
With such strange marks upon these squares
Not even the wise owl could put them there
So strange these snow white leaves
His father shielding his concern
Resenting the knowledge Sequoia yearned
Crumbled the snow white leaves
He said when I explain
Then it's done these are talking leaves my son
The white men's talking leaves
The white man takes a berry of black and red
And an eagle's feather from the eagle's bed
And he makes bird track marks
And the marks on the leaves
They say carry messages to his brother far away
And his brother knows what's in his heart
They see these marks
And they understand the truth
In the heart of the far off man
The enemies can't hear them
Said Sequoia's father son
They weave bad medicine on these talking leaves
Leave such things to them
Then Sequoia walking lightly followed his father quietly
But so amazed was he
If the white man talks on leaves why not the Cherokee
Vanished from his father's face Sequoia went
From place to place
But he could not forget
Year after year he worked on
And on till finally he cut into stone
The Cherokee alphabet
Sequoia's hair by now was
White his eyes began to lose their light
But he taught all who would believe
That the Indian's thoughts could be written down
Just as the white men's there on the ground
And he left us these talking leaves
