Original Broadway Cast of On the Twentieth Century
表演者
On the Twentieth Century Orchestra
管弦乐队
Paul Gemignani
指挥
作曲和作词
Cy Coleman
作曲
Adolph Green
作词
Betty Comden
作词
制作和工程
Cy Coleman
制作人
歌词
Wasn't it Robert Fulton who said
Life is like a train?
No, it wasn't. He said
Life is like a boat
Wasn't it Isaac Newton who said
Life is like a train?
No, it wasn't. He said
Life is like an apple
Wasn't it Lord Chesterfield who said
Life is like a train?
No, it wasn't. He said
Life is like a coat
Then who said it?
Who said it?
We did! We did!
Ha ha ha! Ho ho ho!
Life is like a train!
Life is like a train!
And aren't we lucky to be making the ride together?
Life is like a train!
A roaring rushing train!
You get on at the beginning
You get off at the end
Along the way you may find a lover
Along the way you may find a friend
In case you didn't get the cosmic thought that hit our brain
Let us explain once again!
Life is like a train
Life is like a train
Life is like a train
Life is like a train
Life is
Not like an apple
Life is like a train
Life is like a train
Life is like a train
Life is like a train
Life is like a T
(Life is like an) R
(Like is like an) A
(Life is like an) I
(Life is like an) N
Life is like a train
Life is not a boat
Life is like a train
Life is not a coat
Life is like a train
Life is like a train
Life is like a train
Life is like a train
Life is like a train
Life is like a train
Life is like a train
Life is like a train
Life is like a train
Life is like a train
Life is like a train (You get on at the beginning)
Life is like a train
Life is like a train (You get off at the end)
Life is like a train
There's always a light at the end of the tunnel
There's always something new round the bend
But this is our philosophy
And this it shall remain
Life is like a train
Life is like a train
Life is like a train
Life is like a train!