# Randy Travis - Three Wooden Crosses



对于那些不了解乡村、西方、福音音乐风格的人，这首歌告诉你这些风格强调的是用音乐来讲述故事的特性，并且其叙事的本领超过了其他任何一种音乐风格。不得不说的是，“Three Wooden Crosses”讲述了一个农民、一个老师、一个妓女和一个传教士这四个人的故事。他们卷入了一场公交车与十八轮大卡车相撞的车祸之中。那名妓女成为了仅有的幸存者。当整首歌曲接近尾声时真相才揭露出来，这名妓女正是讲述这个故事的传教士的母亲，死去的传教士留给了妓女信仰和希望，而后她的孩子也成了传教士，将这份信仰继续发扬光大。它被美国乡村音乐协会授予“2003年年度歌曲”。

# 视频：Randy Travis - Three wooden crosses 现场版：


# Randy Travis - Three Wooden Crosses 歌词：

A farmer and a teacher, a hooker and a preacher
Ridin' on a midnight bus bound for Mexico
One was headin' for vacation, one for higher education
And two of them were searchin' for lost souls

That driver never ever saw the stop sign
And 18 wheelers can't stop on a dime

There are three wooden crosses on the right side of the highway
Why there's not four of them Heaven only knows
I guess it's not what you take when you leave this world behind you
It's what you leave behind you when you go

That farmer left a harvest, a home and 80 acres
The faith and love for growin' things in his young son's heart
And that teacher left her wisdom in the minds of lots of children
Did her best to give 'em all a better start

And that preacher whispered, "Can't you see the promised land?"
As he lay his blood stained Bible in that hooker's hand

There are three wooden crosses on the right side of the highway
Why there's not four of them Heaven only knows
I guess it's not what you take when you leave this world behind you
It's what you leave behind you when you go

That's the story that our preacher told last Sunday
As he held that blood stained Bible up for all of us to see
He said, "Bless the farmer and the teacher and the preacher
who gave this Bible to my momma who read it to me"

There are three wooden crosses on the right side of the highway
Why there's not four of them now I guess we know
It's not what you take when you leave this world behind you
It's what you leave behind you when you go

There are three wooden crosses on the right side of the highway

Songwriters
WILLIAMS, KIM / JOHNSON, DOUG