歌词
Now it's been 25 years or more
I've roamed this land from shore to shore
From Tyne to Tamar, Severn to Thames
From moor to vale, from peak to fen
Played in cafes, pubs and bars
I've stood in the street with my old guitar
But I'd be richer than all the rest
If I had a pound for each request
For 'Duelling Banjos', 'American Pie'
It's enough to make you cry
'Rule Britannia', or 'Swing low...'
Are they the only songs we English know?
Seed, bark, flower, fruit
They're never gonna grow without their roots
Branch, stem, shoot
They need roots
After the speeches, when the cake's been cut
The disco's over and the bar is shut
At christening, birthday, wedding or wake
What can we sing 'til the morning breaks
When the Indians, Asians, Afro-Celts
It's in their blood, below their belt
They're playing and dancing all night long
So what have they got right that we've got wrong?
Seed, bark, flower, fruit
They're never gonna grow without their roots
Branch, stem, shoot
They need roots and
Haul away boys, let them go
Out in the wind and the rain and snow
We've lost more than we'll ever know
'Round the rocky shores of England
We need roots
And a minister said his vision of hell
Is three folk singers in a pub near Wells
Well, I've got a vision of urban sprawl
There's pubs where no-one ever sings at all
And everyone stares at a great big screen
Overpaid soccer stars, prancing teens
Australian soap, American rap
Estuary English, baseball caps
And we learn to be ashamed before we walk
Of the way we look, and the way we talk
Without our stories or our songs
How will we know where we come from?
I've lost St. George in the Union Jack
It's my flag too and I want it back
Seed, bark, flower, fruit
Never gonna grow without their roots
Branch, stem, shoot
We need roots
Haul away boys, let them go
Out in the wind and the rain and snow
We've lost more than we'll ever know
'Round the rocky shores of England
We need roots...
专辑信息
1.Children
2.Tubular Bells
3.Busindre Reel
4.Heya-Hee (Intertribal Song To Stop The Rain)
5.The Waves Of Gola
6.Angel
7.Kayama
8.Grandfather's Song
9.Night Rain
10.Change We Must
11.From The Same Hill
12.The Vanishing Breed
13.She Moved Through The Fair
14.Beloved
15.Balcony Scene (Romeo And Juliet)
16.Jewels Of The Night
17.The Right Moment
18.Fire Dance
19.Who Wants To Live Forever
20.Tara
21.Love On A Real Train
22.Yeha Noha (Wishes Of Happiness & Prosperity)
23.Mantras & Names (Remix II)
24.The Ocean
25.Courting Song / Love In The Himalaya
26.Chinese Lake Reflections
27.Floating
28.Chinese Canon
29.Alegría
30.Cascade
31.Sadeness (Part 1)
32.King Aeolus
33.The Man With The Harmonica
34.Lifeforms (Path 4)
35.Theme FromThe X-Files
36.Theme FromInspector Morse
37.Roots
38.Sleep 2
39.Portraits
40.The Heart Asks Pleasure First / The Promise
41.Through The Blue
42.Echoes Of A Dream
43.Cumbrian Autumn
44.Excerpt From ABoneCroneDone
45.Ancient Person Of My Heart
46.Tor-Cheney-Nahana (Winter Ceremony)
47.Seacht
48.The Pearl
49.Jungle Gardenia
50.Theme From Schindlers List
51.The Stone Drag
52.Mahk Ichi (Heartbeat Drum Song)
53.When All Is Quiet (She Dreams Of Horses)
54.Rain Dance
55.I Surrender
56.Chi Mai
57.Rubycon (Part 2)
58.Island
59.Call To A Prayer
60.A Radiant Band Of Light
61.Oh My People
62.Courtney Blows
63.Cantus -Song Of Tears
64.Angel Tech
65.Mustt Mustt
66.Father Of Eternal Life
67.Rowena's Theme
68.Diabaram
69.Sometime Later
70.Black Garden View
71.Once Upon A Time In The West
72.Another Green World
73.This Love
74.Discovery
75.Hibernaculum
76.Dil Ki Doya
77.Ta'Aba. (The Leaving)
78.Full Circle (Main Theme)
79.Incantations (Part 4-Excerpt)
80.Ephidrena
81.The Brazilian
82.Platinum (Part 1 - Airborn)
83.The Isle Of Dreaming
84.Sombre Reptiles
85.Silent Trail
86.The Gypsy
87.You've Gotta Learn (Three Kingdoms)
88.Home
89.An Ubhal As Airde (The Highest Apple)
90.Dreams
91.Weather Storm
92.Perpetuum Mobile
93.Suite Chinoise
94.Beyond The Century
95.Masked Ball (1999 Remix)
96.El Garrotin
97.Body Language
98.Cool Breeze
99.My Kingdom
100.Theme FromThe Mission
101.Happy Ever After
102.Narayana
103.Vision
104.Their Memories
105.Quidam
106.The Green Chinese Table
107.Fingers
108.Exotica
109.Forbidden Colours
110.Somebody Up There Likes You
111.I Put A Spell On You
112.An Ending (Ascent)
113.Dealer
114.Cantus Insolitus
115.Indian Spring
116.The Last Emperor
117.Ever So Lonely / Eyes / Ocean
118.Sayonara
119.Riverdance
120.Magic Forest
121.The Journey
122.Guilty
123.Horizon
124.Cockey's Song
125.Variazioni
126.Twilight
127.Winter's Garden
128.Fountain Of Dreams
129.The Magpie And The Statue
130.Courting Magic
131.Hymn
132.The Dream Is Always The Same