[00:00.00] 作词 : J. Denver[00:00.00] 作曲 : J. Denver[00:00.00] I had an uncle name of Matthew[00:50.01]He was his father's only boy[00:54.36]Born just south of Colby, Kansas[00:57.39]He was his mother's pride and joy[01:00.48]CHORUS[01:00.66]Yes, and joy was just a thing that he was raised on[01:04.77]Love was just a way to live and die[01:08.67]Gold was just a windy Kansas wheatfield[01:12.51]Blue was just the Kansas summer sky[01:17.13]All the stories that he told me[01:21.09]Back when I was just a lad[01:25.08]All the mem'ries that he gave me[01:29.10]All the good times that he had[01:33.12]Growin' up a Kansas farm boy[01:37.26]Life is mostly havin' fun[01:41.34]Ridin' on his daddy's shoulders[01:45.24]Behind a mule beneath the sun[02:01.41]CHORUS[02:04.32]Well, I guess there were some hard times[02:08.43]And I'm told some years were lean[02:12.39]They had a storm in 'forty seven[02:16.38]A twister came and stripped 'em clean[02:20.25]He lost the farm and lost his family[02:23.46]He lost the wheat and lost his home[02:28.35]But he found the family Bible[02:32.19]A faith as solid as a stone[02:44.22]CHORUS[02:46.62]And so he came to live at our house[02:55.29]And he came to work the land[02:59.19]He came to ease my daddy's burden[03:03.24]And he came to be my friend[03:07.17]And so I wrote this down for Matthew[03:10.53]And it's for him this song is sung[03:15.57]Ridin' on his daddy's shoulders[03:19.53]Behind a mule beneath the sun[03:52.08]CHORUS