《Lyndon johnson told the nation(LP版)》歌词

歌曲： Lyndon johnson told the nation(LP版)

所属专辑：The Best Of Tom Paxton: I Can’t Help Wonder Wher I’m Bound: The Elektra Years

歌手： tom paxton

时长： 02:59

播放 下载lrc歌词 下载纯文本歌词

Lyndon johnson told the nation (LP版) - Tom Paxton[00:00:00]

I got a letter from L B J [00:00:08]

It said this is your lucky day [00:00:10]

It's time to put your khaki trousers on [00:00:12]

Though it may seem very queer[00:00:16]

We've got no jobs to give you here[00:00:17]

So we are sending you to Viet Nam[00:00:19]

Lyndon Johnson told the nation [00:00:24]

"Have no fear of escalation [00:00:25]

I am trying everyone to please [00:00:27]

Though it isn't really war [00:00:32]

We're sending fifty thousand more [00:00:33]

To help save Viet nam from Viet Namese "[00:00:35]

I jumped off the old troop ship [00:00:40]

And sank in mud up to my hips [00:00:41]

I cussed until the captain called me down [00:00:43]

Never mind how hard it's raining [00:00:48]

Think of all the ground we're gaining [00:00:49]

Just don't take one step outside of town [00:00:51]

Lyndon Johnson told the nation [00:00:55]

"Have no fear of escalation [00:00:57]

I am trying everyone to please [00:00:59]

Though it isn't really war [00:01:03]

We're sending fifty thousand more [00:01:05]

To help save Viet nam from Viet Namese "[00:01:07]

Every night the local gentry [00:01:14]

Sneak out past the sleeping sentry [00:01:15]

They go to join the old VC [00:01:17]

In their nightly little dramas [00:01:21]

They put on their black pajamas [00:01:23]

And come lobbing mortar shells at me [00:01:25]

Lyndon Johnson told the nation [00:01:29]

"Have no fear of escalation [00:01:31]

I am trying everyone to please [00:01:33]

Though it isn't really war [00:01:37]

We're sending fifty thousand more [00:01:39]

To help save Viet nam from Viet Namese "[00:01:41]

We go round in helicopters [00:01:47]

Like a bunch of big grasshoppers [00:01:49]

Searching for the Viet Cong in vain [00:01:51]

They left a note that they had gone [00:01:55]

They had to get down to Saigon [00:01:57]

Their government positions to maintain [00:01:59]

Lyndon Johnson told the nation [00:02:03]

"Have no fear of escalation [00:02:05]

I am trying everyone to please [00:02:07]

Though it isn't really war [00:02:11]

We're sending fifty thousand more [00:02:13]

To help save Viet nam from Viet Namese "[00:02:15]

Well here I sit in this rice paddy [00:02:21]

Wondering about Big Daddy [00:02:23]

And I know that Lyndon loves me so [00:02:25]

Yet how sadly I remember [00:02:29]

Way back yonder in November [00:02:31]

When he said I'd never have to go [00:02:33]

Lyndon Johnson told the nation [00:02:37]

"Have no fear of escalation [00:02:39]

I am trying everyone to please [00:02:41]

Though it isn't really war [00:02:45]

We're sending fifty thousand more [00:02:47]

To help save Viet nam from Viet Namese "[00:02:49]