《The Ballad of Booth》歌词

歌曲： The Ballad of Booth

所属专辑：Assassins

歌手： Victor Garber

时长： 09:22

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The Ballad of Booth - Victor Garber[00:00:03]

Someone tell the story[00:00:26]

Someone sing the song[00:00:29]

Every now and then[00:00:32]

The country[00:00:33]

Goes a little wrong[00:00:35]

Every now and then[00:00:39]

A madman's[00:00:40]

Bound to come along[00:00:43]

Doesn't stop the story[00:00:47]

Story's pretty strong[00:00:50]

Doesn't change the song[00:00:54]

Johnny booth was a handsome devil[00:01:02]

Got up in his rings and fancy silks[00:01:04]

Had him a temper but kept it level[00:01:08]

Everybody called him wilkes[00:01:11]

Why did you do it johnny[00:01:15]

Nobody agrees[00:01:18]

You who had everything[00:01:20]

What made you bring[00:01:21]

A nation to its knees[00:01:23]

Some say it was your voice had gone[00:01:26]

Some say it was booze[00:01:29]

Some say you killed a coutry john[00:01:31]

Because of bad reviews[00:01:33]

Johnny lived with a grace and glitter[00:01:38]

Kind of like the lives he lived on stage[00:01:41]

Died in a barn in pain and bitter[00:01:44]

Twenty seven years of age[00:01:47]

Why did you do it johnny[00:01:51]

Throw it all away[00:01:53]

Why did you do it boy[00:01:56]

Not just destroy[00:01:57]

The pride and joy[00:01:58]

Of illinois[00:02:00]

But all the u s a[00:02:02]

Your brother made you jealous john[00:02:05]

You couldn't fill his shoes[00:02:08]

Was that the reason tell us john[00:02:11]

Along with bad reviews[00:02:13]

Damn[00:02:27]

They're coming they'll be here any minute[00:02:28]

I need your help[00:02:30]

I've got to write this and i can't hold the pen[00:02:31]

Johnny they've found us[00:02:33]

We've got to get out of here[00:02:34]

Not till i finish this[00:02:35]

Johnny[00:02:36]

No[00:02:36]

Have you seen these papers[00:02:38]

Do you know what they're calling me[00:02:39]

A common cutthroat a hired assassin[00:02:40]

This one says i'm mad[00:02:42]

We must have been mad to think[00:02:43]

That we could kill the president and get away with it[00:02:45]

We did get away with it[00:02:46]

He was a bloody tyrant and we brought him down[00:02:48]

And i will not have history think i did it for a bag of gold[00:02:51]

Or in some kind of rabid fit[00:02:53]

Johnny we have to go[00:02:55]

No i have to make my case[00:02:56]

And i need you to take it down[00:02:58]

We don't have time[00:03:00]

Take it down[00:03:01]

An indictment[00:03:04]

Of the former president of the united states[00:03:05]

Abraham lincoln who is herein charged[00:03:06]

With the following high crimes and misdemeanors[00:03:09]

They say you're ship was sinking john[00:03:11]

One[00:03:15]

That you did ruthlessly provoke a war between the states[00:03:16]

Which cost some six hundred thousand[00:03:18]

Of my countrymen their lives two[00:03:20]

You'd started missing cues[00:03:22]

Two[00:03:26]

That you did silence your critics in the north[00:03:27]

By hurling them into prison without benefit of charge or trial three[00:03:29]

They say it wasn't lincoln john[00:03:33]

Shut up three[00:03:35]

You'd merely had a slew of bad[00:03:35]

Reviews[00:03:37]

I said shut up[00:03:38]

Booth i have fifty soldiers out here booth[00:03:40]

Give yourselves up or we'll set fire to the barn[00:03:44]

Don't shoot i'm coming out[00:03:47]

No[00:03:49]

I have given my life for one act you understand[00:03:53]

Do not let history rob me of its meaning[00:03:57]

Pass on the truth you're the only one wo can[00:04:01]

Please[00:04:05]

He said[00:04:08]

Damn you lincoln[00:04:09]

You had your way[00:04:10]

Tell'em boy[00:04:13]

With blood you drew out[00:04:13]

Of blue and gray[00:04:16]

Tell it all[00:04:17]

Tell'em till they listen[00:04:18]

He said[00:04:20]

Damn you lincoln[00:04:21]

And damn the day[00:04:22]

You threw the u out[00:04:24]

Of u s a[00:04:26]

He said[00:04:30]

Hunt me down smear my name[00:04:31]

Say i did it for the fame[00:04:33]

What i did was kill the man who killed my country[00:04:36]

Now the southland will mend[00:04:41]

Now this bloody war can end[00:04:44]

Because someone slew th tyrant[00:04:47]

Just as brutus slew the tyrant[00:04:49]

He said[00:04:53]

Damn you lincoln[00:04:53]

You righteous whore[00:04:55]

Tell'em[00:04:56]

Tell'em what he did[00:04:57]

You turned your spite into civil war[00:04:58]

Tell'em[00:05:01]

Tell'em the truth[00:05:01]

And more[00:05:02]

Tell'em boy[00:05:03]

Tell them how it happened[00:05:03]

How the end doesn't mean that it's over[00:05:05]

How surrender is not the end[00:05:08]

Tell them[00:05:13]

Hoe the country is not what it was[00:05:17]

Where there's blood in the clover[00:05:21]

How the nation can never again[00:05:26]

Be the hope that it was[00:05:31]

How the bruises may never be healed[00:05:36]

How the wounds are forever[00:05:40]

How the how we gave up the field[00:05:45]

But we still wouldn't yield[00:05:48]

How the union can never recover[00:05:50]

From that vulgar[00:05:53]

High and mighty[00:05:56]

Niggerlover[00:05:57]

Never[00:05:58]

Never never never[00:06:01]

No the country is not what it was[00:06:08]

Damn my soul if you must[00:06:33]

Let my body turn to dust[00:06:37]

Let it mingle with the ashes of the country[00:06:40]

Let them curse me to hell[00:06:46]

Leave it to history to tell[00:06:50]

What i did i did well[00:06:53]

And i did it for my country[00:06:56]

Let them cry dirty traitor[00:07:00]

They will understand it later[00:07:03]

The country is not what it was[00:07:10]

Johnny booth was a headstrong fellow[00:07:26]

Even he believed the things he said[00:07:29]

Some called him noble some said yellow[00:07:32]

What he was was off his head[00:07:35]

How could you do it johnny[00:07:39]

Calling it a cause[00:07:41]

You left a legacy[00:07:43]

Of butchery[00:07:45]

And treason we[00:07:45]

Took eagerly[00:07:47]

And thought you'd get applause[00:07:50]

But traitors just get jeers and boos[00:07:53]

Not visits to their graves[00:07:55]

While lincoln who got mixed reviews[00:07:58]

Beacause of you john now gets only raves[00:08:01]

Damn you johnny[00:08:06]

You paved the way[00:08:08]

For other madmen[00:08:11]

To make us pay[00:08:13]

Lots of madmen[00:08:16]

Have had their say[00:08:18]

But only for a day[00:08:21]

Listen to the stories[00:08:29]

Hear it in the songs[00:08:32]

Angry men[00:08:36]

Don't write the rules[00:08:36]

And guns don't write the wrongs[00:08:37]

Hurts a while[00:08:43]

But soon the country's[00:08:44]

Back where it belongs[00:08:46]

And that's the truth[00:08:51]

Still and all[00:08:56]

Damn you booth[00:09:02]