《The Double Diamond》是由美國鄉村歌手Chris Ledoux演唱的西部風格歌曲，收錄於1975年發行的專輯《Songbook of the American West》。該作品由Gary McMahan創作，靈感源於其1973年參加懷俄明州雙鑽牧場拍賣的真實經歷，次年完成詞曲創作。
歌曲以牛仔視角講述牧場勞作與自然抗爭的故事，通過“馴服烈馬”“對抗寒冬”等意象勾勒西部拓荒圖景，並以“風如母親的小提琴”等隱喻構建人文與自然的共生關係。隨著牧場被出售，主人公帶著馬匹與歌謠踏上新旅程，既表達對傳統牛仔生活消逝的悵惘，也傳遞個體在時代變遷中堅守精神家園的主題。全曲以質樸敘事語言和地域化意象，呈現典型的西部荒野美學風格。
基本介紹
- 外文名：The Double Diamond
- 所屬專輯：Songbook Of The American West
- 歌曲原唱：Chris Ledoux
- 發行日期：1975年1月1日
歌曲歌詞
The ol’ Double Diamond
Lay out east of Dubois
In the land of the buffalo
And the auctioner’s gavel it
Rapped and it rattled
As I watched the ol’ Double Diamond go
And won’t you listen to the wind
Mother nature’s violin
When I first hired on
At the ol’ Double Diamond
I was a damn poor excuse for a man
I never learned how to aim
While my spirt was tame
I didn’t know all the cards in my hand
And the wind whipped the granite above me
And blew the tumbleweeds clean
Through my soul
Well I fought her winters
And I busted her horses
I took more than I thought I could stand
But the battles with the mountains
And the cattle
Will bring out the best in a man
I guess a sailor needs an ocean
And a mama her babies to hold
But I need the plains of Wyoming
In the land of the buffalo
But now she’s sellin’ out and I’m movin’ on
But I’m leaving with more than I came
Cause I got this pony and he ain’t for
Sale and I’ve got this song to sing
I’ve got a new range to find
I’ve got a new knot to tie
In a country where cowboys are king
We turned tails to the wind
At the ol’ Double Diamond
And took off down through the sage
And won’t you listen to the wind
Mother nature’s violin
