《John Brown》歌词

歌曲： John Brown

所属专辑：Bob Dylan In Concert - 1963

歌手： Bob Dylan

时长： 05:27

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John Brown (Live) - Bob Dylan[00:00:00]

John Brown went off to war to fight on a foreign shore[00:00:15]

His mama sure was proud of him[00:00:19]

He stood so straight and tall in his uniform and all[00:00:23]

His mama's face broke out into a grin[00:00:27]

"Oh son you look so fine [00:00:30]

I'm glad you're a son of mine[00:00:32]

Make me proud to know you own a gun[00:00:34]

Do what the captain says [00:00:38]

Lot of medals you will get[00:00:39]

We'll put them on the wall when you get home"[00:00:42]

That old train pulled out [00:00:45]

John's ma began to shout[00:00:47]

Tellin' ev'ryone in the neighborhood[00:00:50]

"That's my son that's about to go [00:00:53]

He's a soldier now you know"[00:00:55]

She made well sure her neighbors understood[00:00:57]

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

Her face broke into a smile[00:01:03]

She showed them to the people from next door[00:01:05]

They bragged about her son with his uniform and gun[00:01:08]

And these things you called a good old fashioned war[00:01:12]

Then the letters ceased to come [00:01:16]

For a long time they did not come[00:01:17]

Ceased to come for about ten months or more[00:01:20]

Then when letter finally came saying [00:01:23]

"Go down and meet the train[00:01:25]

Your son is coming back from the war"[00:01:27]

She smiled and she went right down [00:01:31]

She looked up and all around[00:01:33]

She did not see her soldier son in sight[00:01:35]

When all the people passed [00:01:38]

She saw her son at last[00:01:40]

When she did she could not believe her eyes[00:01:42]

Oh his face was all shot up and his hand were blown away[00:01:46]

And he wore a metal brace around his waist[00:01:49]

He whispered kind of slow [00:01:54]

In a voice she didn't know[00:01:55]

And she couldn't even recognize his face[00:01:57]

"Oh tell me my darling son [00:02:46]

Tell me what they've done[00:02:48]

How is it that you come to be this way "[00:02:49]

He tried his best to talk but his mouth could hardly move[00:02:53]

And his mother had to turn her face away[00:02:57]

"Don't you remember ma [00:03:01]

When I went off to war[00:03:02]

You thought it was the best thing I could do [00:03:04]

I was on the battleground [00:03:08]

You were home acting proud[00:03:10]

You weren't there standing in my shoes[00:03:12]

And I thought when I was there Lord [00:03:15]

What am I doing here [00:03:17]

Tryin' to kill somebody or die tryin'[00:03:19]

But the thing that scared me most [00:03:23]

When my enemy came close[00:03:24]

I can see that his face looked just like mine"[00:03:26]

And I couldn't help but think [00:03:30]

Through the thunder rolling and stink[00:03:32]

I was just a puppet in a play[00:03:34]

And through the roar and smoke [00:03:38]

This string it finally broke[00:03:39]

And a cannon ball blew my eyes away"[00:03:41]

As he turned away to go [00:03:56]

His mother was acting slow[00:03:58]

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

But as he turned to leave [00:04:04]

He called his mother close[00:04:05]

And he dropped his medals down into her hand[00:04:07]