《The Iron Man》歌词

歌曲： The Iron Man

所属专辑：The Things I Notice Now

歌手： tom paxton

时长： 15:05

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The orders came, the midnight rain[00:15:05]

Was driving down the window pane[00:15:05]

They rose like cattle, mess-kit rattle[00:15:05]

Showed them green and new to battle[00:15:05]

Out on the road, the mud knee-high[00:15:05]

The tortured trucks were slithering by[00:15:05]

Toward the ruptured, shattered sky[00:15:05]

They strove. It hardly mattered why[00:15:05]

We find our hero in the mud[00:15:05]

We guess the fever in his blood[00:15:05]

We try, as he, to laugh at this[00:15:05]

The Iron Man whom bullets [00:15:05]

He's right, the song has just begun[00:15:05]

We'd never kill a man so young[00:15:05]

He's right, the song has just begun[00:15:05]

We'd never kill a man so young[00:15:05]

The sergeant, how they loathed his guts[00:15:05]

He led them down the waggon ruts[00:15:05]

One truck is stalled, the drivers curse[00:15:05]

It's either ambulance or hearse[00:15:05]

The air grows foul, the heavy stench[00:15:05]

Is seeping from the ancient trench[00:15:05]

He takes his place and laughs at this[00:15:05]

The Iron Man whom bullets miss[00:15:05]

He's right, no matter how they try[00:15:05]

The song's too young for him to die[00:15:05]

He's right, no matter how they try[00:15:05]

The song's too young for him to die[00:15:05]

The orders came, the midnight rain[00:15:05]

Was driving down the window pane[00:15:05]

They rose like cattle, mess-kit rattle[00:15:05]

Showed them green and new to battle[00:15:05]

Winter came early to the house on the hill, frost, wind and snow[00:15:05]

The builders looked at its unfinished frame, then turned to go[00:15:05]

A small foundation, a pile of sand, a rusty hammer in a cold, cold hand[00:15:05]

It wasn't a big house that they planned, but winter came early and winter came hard[00:15:05]

Winter was death to the house on the hill, frost, wind and snow[00:15:05]

Warped its timbers and cracked the foundations, then turned to go[00:15:05]

The sketch was crumpled in a cold, cold hand. The hammer buried in the pile of sand[00:15:05]

The builders' thoughts were of virgin land when winter came early and winter came hard[00:15:05]

Spring was puzzled by the house on the hill, last patch of snow[00:15:05]

Gave it flowers and climbing vines, then turned to go[00:15:05]

Small boys played on the pile of sand, plastic weapons in their eager hands[00:15:05]

It wasn't a big house that they planned, but winter came early and winter came hard[00:15:05]

The young lieutenant, new to war[00:15:05]

Is sick upon the trench's floor[00:15:05]

The sergeant, how they cursed his head[00:15:05]

Is suddenly quite cold and dead[00:15:05]

The deafening explosions cease[00:15:05]

The calm a cruel burlesque of peace[00:15:05]

The whistle blows, the charge is made[00:15:05]

The Iron Man is unafraid[00:15:05]

He's right, he's young and brave and strong[00:15:05]

Just the kind to fill a song[00:15:05]

He's right, he's young and brave and strong[00:15:05]

Just the kind to fill a song[00:15:05]

The orders came, the midnight rain[00:15:05]

Was driving down the window pane[00:15:05]

They rose like cattle, mess-kit rattle[00:15:05]

Showed them green and new to battle[00:15:05]

Frost on the blankets of the strong boys' room[00:15:05]

Heat for the sissies, for the prep-school pansies[00:15:05]

Ice cold showers for the cool platoon[00:15:05]

Once a month a card to mamma[00:15:05]

Wipe that smile off and shine your brass[00:15:05]

Grab your ankles and I'll give you twenty[00:15:05]

Drop that rifle and I'll have your ass[00:15:05]

Once a month a card to mamma[00:15:05]

Play me the Taps, the quadrangle's sleeping[00:15:05]

Here in his rack my roommate is weeping[00:15:05]

Someone is weeping. I'll be all right[00:15:05]

Goodnight. Goodnight[00:15:05]

Town girls love it in the picture shows[00:15:05]

Save the dances for the home-town ladies[00:15:05]

Save five dollars for the one who knows[00:15:05]

Once a month a card to mamma[00:15:05]

Grab your ankles for the old cadets[00:15:05]

Drop your trousers and you'll get what's coming[00:15:05]

Is there more to this than you're quite sure of?[00:15:05]

Put it in a card to mamma[00:15:05]

Play me the Taps, the quadrangle's sleeping[00:15:05]

Here in his rack my roommate is weeping[00:15:05]

Someone is weeping. I'll be all right[00:15:05]

Goodnight, goodnight![00:15:05]

Play me the Taps, the quadrangle's sleeping[00:15:05]

The whistle blows. The charge is made[00:15:05]

The Iron Man is unafraid[00:15:05]

The young lieutenant screams out loud[00:15:05]

The bullets hum like a startled crowd[00:15:05]

The young lieutenant screams and falls[00:15:05]

The Iron Man runs up the walls[00:15:05]

And blows the enemy a kiss[00:15:05]

The Iron Man whom bullets miss[00:15:05]

He's right, the man whom bullets miss[00:15:05]

Is meant for something more than this[00:15:05]

He's right, the man whom bullets miss[00:15:05]

Is meant for something more than this[00:15:05]

The orders came, the midnight rain[00:15:05]

Was driving down the window pane[00:15:05]

They rose like cattle, mess-kit rattle[00:15:05]

Showed them green and new to battle[00:15:05]

Angie, from where I stand[00:15:05]

The water breaks on the spit of sand[00:15:05]

How does it survive?[00:15:05]

Angie, for all I know[00:15:05]

The sand is tired and ready to go[00:15:05]

It's less than alive[00:15:05]

But you, so ready to leave. The first trembling leaf to break loose in the Fall[00:15:05]

Angie, so ready to fly. Is there time to ask why? Is there no time at all?[00:15:05]

Or is there nothing hidden I can blame?[00:15:05]

Angie, If Angie's your name![00:15:05]

Angie, from where I stand[00:15:05]

Your smile is so discretely planned[00:15:05]

I'm not sure it's there[00:15:05]

Angie, for all I know[00:15:05]

You'll notice me, you'll turn and go[00:15:05]

You won't even care[00:15:05]

That's you, so ready to leave. The first trembling leaf to break loose in the Fall[00:15:05]

Angie, so ready to fly. Is there time to ask why? Is there no time at all?[00:15:05]

Or is there nothing hidden I can blame?[00:15:05]

Angie, If Angie's your name![00:15:05]

Angie, I was getting along[00:15:05]

Nothing quite right, but nothing too wrong[00:15:05]

I didn't know you existed[00:15:05]

I ran my life like a safe machine[00:15:05]

Lost myself in a safe routine[00:15:05]

But now it's all twisted[00:15:05]

With my hand on the knife[00:15:05]

For the rest of my life[00:15:05]

Angie, from where I stand[00:15:05]

You rise and wave an ungloved hand[00:15:05]

You smile in the sun[00:15:05]

Angie, you smile for him[00:15:05]

He calls to you. The light is dim[00:15:05]

You break into a run[00:15:05]

And you're gone. So ready to leave. The first trembling leaf to break loose in the Fall[00:15:05]

Angie, so ready to fly. Is there time to ask why? Is there no time at all?[00:15:05]

Or is there nothing hidden I can blame?[00:15:05]

Angie, If Angie's your name![00:15:05]

The battered fort is ours again[00:15:05]

It only cost ten-thousand men[00:15:05]

And when a young lieutenant dies[00:15:05]

Some survivor has to rise[00:15:05]

So like a humble prayer of thanks[00:15:05]

The Iron Man goes up the ranks[00:15:05]

The man whom bullets miss goes far[00:15:05]

He wins a kiss and wears a star[00:15:05]

And he's right – a man who lives through that[00:15:05]

Deserves a star upon his hat[00:15:05]

He's right – a man who lives through that[00:15:05]

Deserves a star upon his hat[00:15:05]

And now the nation cheers his name[00:15:05]

The politicians play his game[00:15:05]

He's coaxed and shrewdly follows fate[00:15:05]

Until he's leader of the State[00:15:05]

The peace grows dull, the pace too slow[00:15:05]

At last he finds convenient foe[00:15:05]

The Congress balks, the galleries hiss[00:15:05]

The Iron Man whom bullets miss[00:15:05]

But he's right, the man whom bullets miss[00:15:05]

Is meant for something more than this[00:15:05]

He's right, the Generals pat their guns[00:15:05]

And Congress turns and Congress runs[00:15:05]

He's right, the nation shouts its thanks[00:15:05]

The young men run to join the ranks[00:15:05]

He's right, his name is in their blood[00:15:05]

While huddling in some foreign mud[00:15:05]

The orders came, the midnight rain[00:15:05]

Was driving down the window pane[00:15:05]

They rose like cattle, mess-kit rattle[00:15:05]

Showed them green and new to battle[00:15:05]

Play me the Taps, the quadrangle's sleeping[00:15:05]

Here in his rack my roommate is weeping[00:15:05]

Someone is weeping, I'll be all right[00:15:05]

Goodnight, goodnight! [00:15:05]