所属专辑:Nights at the Chez
歌手: David Roth
时长: 06:44
David roth flag of hope[00:00:10]
The year was 1944[00:00:12]
And I was 21[00:00:15]
A million miles from california[00:00:20]
Carrying a gun[00:00:26]
My country sent me overseas to battle the big red[00:00:30]
I found myself in burma with a helmet on my head[00:00:41]
The countryside near sittaung is serene and peaceful ground[00:00:54]
Where towering teak trees touch the sky and bamboo shoots abound[00:01:04]
But on this day in '44[00:01:14]
The sky was filled with fumes[00:01:19]
The landscape stained with mothers' sons in bare[00:01:24]
Unearthly tombs[00:01:31]
The victory was ours that day[00:01:43]
I scanned the start terrain[00:01:48]
A flash of color caught my eye across this fruitless plain[00:01:53]
I knelt to find a piece of cloth beneath a fallen gun[00:02:04]
I took it as a souvenir[00:02:14]
As if I'd ever need one[00:02:20]
The allied force prevailed and the war was winding down[00:02:25]
And still I had the souvenir I'd picked up off the ground[00:02:34]
The cloth turned out to be flag[00:02:44]
A silken rising sun[00:02:49]
I took it home to california when my tour was done[00:02:55]
I showed the flag to friends and family[00:03:15]
Proof of how I'd served[00:03:20]
I justified the japanese had got what they deserved[00:03:25]
But every time I took it out I felt a pang of guilt[00:03:35]
I thought of someone's growing boy[00:03:46]
Who'd grown up to be killed[00:03:51]
To wish a strong and young soul well in godforsaken lands[00:03:57]
I found a name and wondered if that's all that did survive[00:04:17]
And now koju muramatsu[00:04:27]
I've found out that you're alive[00:04:32]
I can't express the flood of thoughts that rivet through my head[00:04:40]
For forty years I thought the soldier of the flag was dead[00:04:50]
And now I've found out differently[00:05:00]
I can't tell you how I feel[00:05:05]
Today a souvenir of war became someone so real[00:05:11]
Though common threads that bind us all afford the greatest cost[00:05:24]
Regretfulness in retrospect won't make up for those lost[00:05:34]
I hope this finds you well and strong[00:05:47]
I pray you comprehend[00:05:52]
That somewhere in this twist of time there's a newly humbled man[00:05:58]
Your rising sun is shining bright in shimmering array[00:06:11]
Your flag of hope[00:06:22]
And love[00:06:25]
And light[00:06:26]
Returns to you this day[00:06:28]