中古年代 聊聊老歌、老人和老故事，留下一些個人歷史的痕跡。 (若有侵權或陳述不實敬請告知，將會刪除或予修正。)

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此曲為美國民謠搖滾二人組Brewer & Shipley自寫自唱，收錄於其1970的專輯《Tarkio》中，1971作為單曲發行，在告示牌熱門榜獲得第10名的佳績，也是此二人組歌唱生涯中成績最好的歌曲。

一般不了解此曲歌詞的人，在歌曲一開始即會聽到sweet Jesus以及之後的railway station、sweet Mary等，很可能會誤認這是一首關於救贖的靈歌。其實這是一首關於毒品、尤指大麻的歌曲。Toke的意思是用紙煙 ( 或煙斗 ) 吸大麻。對於創作此曲，Tom Shipley解釋道：我認為大麻有點像是基督教的聖餐 ( sacrament )，若聽完整個歌詞，應可體會one toke只是一種隱喻，說的是關於「過度 ( excess )」，做任何事若「過度」的話，很可能會害死你。

有些廣播電台因為涉及毒品而拒絕播放這首歌，但並不是每個人都明白這首歌的意思。1971，看來是健康夫妻的Gail Farrell和Dick Dale在電視節目「The Lawrence Welk Show」中演唱此曲，結束時毫無幽默感的說：你們剛聽到的是Gail和Dale的現代靈歌。

Gail & Dale

看來Brewer & Shipley這兩位老兄在生活中真的沒有「過度」，至2020倆人偶而還一起合作寫歌、演唱，迄今都已超過80歲仍活得好好的。

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One toke over the line, sweet Jesus
One toke over the line
Sitting downtown in a railway station
One toke over the line

Waiting for the train that goes home, sweet Mary
Hoping that the train is on time
Sitting downtown in a railway station
One toke over the line

Who do you love? I hope it's me
I've been changing, as you can plainly see
I felt the joy and I learned about the pain
That my momma said
If I should choose to make a part of me
Would surely strike me dead

And now I'm one toke over the line, sweet Jesus
One toke over the line
Sitting downtown in a railway station
One toke over the line
Waiting for the train that goes home, sweet Mary
Hoping that the train is on time
Sitting downtown in a railway station
One toke over the line

I sail away a country mile
And now I'm returning and showing off my smile
I met all the girls and I loved myself a few
And to my surprise
Like everything else I've been through
It opened up my eyes

And now I'm one toke over the line, sweet Jesus
One toke over the line
Sitting downtown in a railway station
One toke over the line
Don't you know I'm just waiting for the train that goes home, sweet Mary
Hoping that the train is on time
Sitting downtown in a railway station
One toke over the line

Don't you know I'm just waiting for the train that goes home, sweet Mary
Hoping that the train is on time
(Sitting downtown) Sitting in a railway station
One toke over the line

I want to be one toke over the line, sweet Jesus
One toke over the line
(Sitting downtown) Sitting in a railway station
One toke over the line

Waiting for the train that goes home
Hoping that the train is on time
(Sitting downtown) Sitting in a railway station
One toke over the line
Sitting downtown in a railway station
One toke over line
One toke, one toke over the line