《John Brown(Live at Town Hall， New York， NY - April 1963)》歌词

歌曲： John Brown(Live at Town Hall， New York， NY - April 1963)

所属专辑：Live 1962-1966 - Rare Performances From The Copyright Collections

歌手： Bob Dylan

时长： 05:12

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John Brown (Live at Town Hall, New York, NY - April 1963) - Bob Dylan[00:00:00]

Lyrics by：Bob Dylan[00:00:02]

Composed by：Bob Dylan[00:00:03]

When John Brown went off[00:00:26]

To war to fight on a foreign shore[00:00:28]

His mama sure was proud of him[00:00:32]

He stood straight and tall in his uniform and all[00:00:36]

His mama's face broke out all to a grin[00:00:42]

Oh son you look so fine[00:00:47]

I'm glad you're a son of mine[00:00:49]

You make me proud to know you hold a gun[00:00:54]

Do you what the captain says[00:00:58]

Lots of medals you will get[00:01:00]

And we'll put them on the wall when you come home[00:01:03]

When that old train pulled out[00:01:10]

John's ma began to shout[00:01:11]

Tellin' ev'rybody in the neighborhood[00:01:15]

That's my son that's about to go[00:01:19]

He's a stranger[00:01:21]

He is soldier now you know[00:01:22]

She made well sure her neighbors understood[00:01:25]

She got a letter once in a while[00:01:33]

And her face broke into a smile[00:01:35]

As she showed them to the people from next door[00:01:37]

And she bragged about her son with his uniform and gun[00:01:41]

And these things you called a good old-fashioned war[00:01:47]

Now good old-fashioned war[00:01:51]

Then the letters ceased to come[00:02:01]

For a long time they did not come[00:02:03]

They ceased to come for about ten months or more[00:02:07]

When a letter finally came saying[00:02:11]

Go down and meet the train[00:02:13]

Your son's a-coming home from the war[00:02:16]

She smiled and went right down[00:02:23]

She looked everywhere around[00:02:24]

But she did not see her soldier son in sight[00:02:28]

But as all the people passed[00:02:32]

She saw her son at last[00:02:34]

When she did she could hardly believe her eyes[00:02:36]

Oh his face was all shot up[00:02:40]

And his hand was all blown off[00:02:42]

As he wore a metal brace around his waist[00:02:44]

He whispered kind of slow[00:02:49]

In a voice she did not know[00:02:51]

While she couldn't even recognize his face[00:02:53]

Not recognize his face[00:02:57]

Tell me[00:03:09]

My darling son[00:03:09]

Pray tell me what they done[00:03:11]

How is it you come to be this way[00:03:14]

As he tried his best to talk[00:03:19]

But his mouth could hardly move[00:03:21]

And his mother had to turn her face away[00:03:23]

Don't you remember ma when I went off to war[00:03:28]

You thought it was the best thing I could do[00:03:32]

I was on the battleground[00:03:36]

You were home acting proud[00:03:38]

And got you wasn't standing in my shoes[00:03:41]

And I thought when I was there[00:03:45]

God what am I doing here[00:03:47]

I'm a-tryin' to kill somebody or die tryin'[00:03:50]

But the thing that scared me most was[00:03:55]

When my enemy came close[00:03:57]

And I saw that his face looked just like mine[00:04:00]

Oh Lord just like mine[00:04:05]

And I couldn't help but think[00:04:16]

Through the thunder rolling and stink[00:04:17]

That I was just a puppet in a play[00:04:20]

And through the roar and smoke[00:04:24]

This string is finally broke[00:04:26]

And a cannonball blew my eyes away[00:04:28]

As he turned away to walk[00:04:36]

His ma was still in shock[00:04:38]

Seein' the metal brace that helped him stand[00:04:41]

But as he turned to go[00:04:46]

He called his mother close[00:04:48]

And he dropped his medals down into her hand[00:04:51]

Lord Lord down into her hand[00:04:56]