Memoirs of an Officer and a Gentleman - Emerson, Lake & Palmer.mp3

[00:00.000] 作词 : Peter Sinfield
[00:00.500] 作曲 : Keith Emerson/Peter Sinfield
[00:01.000] [Prologue/The Education of A Gentleman]
[00:18.500]Walking through the city after recent rain
[00:27.000]Heard ancient stones all shining murmur where are they?
[00:35.750]How long before next hero's day
[00:43.250]And the splendid show of drum and gun
[00:50.000]Walking by the river one September eve
[00:57.500]Saw questions rise in circles on that old dark stream
[01:05.750]Where now are those who dared to dream
[01:13.000]They would leave one jewel in England's hand
[01:19.500]Gone to sleep they lie in flowered graves
[01:30.500]For the visitors and Guidebook saved
[01:37.500]But come the trumpet shattered dawn
[01:45.750]Will the spirit they shared be reborn
[01:52.000]Comrades in arms, may they rise, fight and shine again,
[02:02.500]Till "who goes there", will be answered with friend again
[02:14.000]Once there stood a man, alone, sword in his hand
[02:26.500]In the face of the teeth and flame
[02:32.500]And it was all in England's name
[02:52.500]I was told how she grew, she alone shone her light on everyone
[03:03.750]And if you made the first eleven then you'd be sure to get to heaven,
[03:10.500]Like the captain of the school
[03:14.750]I was taught how to win
[03:19.750]And to lose with that "get you next time" smile,
[03:25.500]Learned Latin verbs in fear of a beating
[03:29.500]And for years thought central heating,
[03:32.250]Was for just old people's homes
[03:58.750]I was raised on the past, the Tower and Saint Paul's and Westminster
[04:09.000]Escorted well-bred girls to dances, and learned to drive a horse in harness,
[04:16.000]Through the English countryside
[04:20.000]I was taught to behave, like an officer and a gentleman,
[04:31.000]And when I finally marched from Sandhurst
[04:34.500]I learned to put my fellow man first
[04:37.500]And there was daily talk of war
[05:03.750]I spent 1938 in the United States of America,
[05:14.000]I grew to love it's many faces, and they had built some amazing places,
[05:20.750]And I thought they'd come in on our side
[05:34.000][Love at First Sight]
[06:11.000]Girls, oh there were girls
[06:17.500]But they were just part of the social whirl
[06:24.500]And I never took much notice
[06:28.500]Until the night that I met you
[06:38.000]Standing out there alone
[06:43.500]Out on the terrace under the moon
[06:50.000]From the moment that I kissed you
[06:54.750]My life turned into a dream
[07:04.500]I knew I loved you at first sight
[07:09.000]And that you loved.. me
[07:15.500]Was it really happening, or was it a dream?
[07:25.000]I asked if you'd be mine
[07:30.750]Feeding the white doves by the Serpentine
[07:37.500]And when you said forever
[07:41.500]I know that I almost cried
[09:27.000]You all in white
[09:32.500]The tears and the laughing
[09:35.750]Nearly losing the damn ring
[09:39.500]Yes, I do... Yes, I will... keep you from harm
[09:53.500]Those few short days
[09:59.750]We spent together
[10:02.750]Remembered forever
[10:06.000]All the plans - for the house and for the children
[10:20.500]I know I loved you at first sight
[10:25.500]And that you loved... me
[10:32.000]Did it really happen then, or was it a dream?
[10:41.500]I knew when I saw your face
[10:46.750]Opening orders, the time and the place
[10:53.000]Oh, don't worry it won't last long
[10:57.750]And I won't be far away
[11:03.750]I'll try to write every day...
[11:10.000][Letters From the Front]
[13:28.750]Got your letters at the front today
[13:31.500]If you like the house we'll buy it straight away
[13:39.750]Yes, it's great now you're a full-time nurse
[13:42.500]But do be careful with the air-raids - getting worse
[13:51.000]Must end now... the push is on... we're moving out...
[13:59.000]All my love... see you soon
[14:12.750]I'm writing to you on a convoy moving west
[14:15.750]It's hell out here but we're all trying to do our best
[14:23.500]I learned today that I get two weeks leave in June
[14:26.500]This time I promise you a real honeymoon
[14:34.500]Must end now... take care my love... you're all the world
[14:42.250]To me my love... see you soon
[14:56.000]The telegram... dropped from my hand
[15:06.500]She was all I had... I just don't understand
[15:16.750]I see her now... in that white dress she wore
[15:27.000]Those eyes and that smile
[15:30.250]No one else... nevermore
[15:38.000]Decorations and respect inside the club
[15:50.000]Aren't compensation when you lose the one you love
[16:01.500]But in the end, all that is left
[16:06.500]Is the regiment and what it means
[16:11.500]To be... an officer and a gentleman...
[16:29.000][Honourable Company (A March)]