《Ballad of October 16》歌词

歌曲： Ballad of October 16

所属专辑：Classic Folk Songs - Vol. 4 - Almanac Singers

歌手： Almanac Singers

时长： 02:51

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Ballad Of October 16 - The Almanac Singers[00:00:00]

It was on a Saturday night[00:00:05]

And the moon was shining[00:00:08]

Bright [00:00:10]

They passed the conscription bill [00:00:11]

And the people[00:00:16]

They did say for many miles away[00:00:18]

'Was the president and his boys on Capitol Hill [00:00:22]

Oh Franklin' Roosevelt told[00:00:27]

The people how he felt [00:00:30]

We damn near believed what he said [00:00:32]

He said "I hate war [00:00:37]

And so does Eleanor[00:00:40]

But we won't be safe 'till everybody's dead "[00:00:43]

When my poor old mother died [00:00:57]

I was sitting by her side[00:01:00]

A-promising to war I'd never go [00:01:03]

But now I'm wearing khaki jeans[00:01:07]

And eating army beans[00:01:10]

And I'm told that JP Morgan loves me so [00:01:12]

I have wandered over this land [00:01:18]

A roaming working man [00:01:21]

No clothes to wear[00:01:23]

And not much food to eat [00:01:25]

But now the government foots the bill [00:01:28]

Gives me clothes and feeds me swill [00:01:30]

Gets me shot and puts me underground six feet [00:01:33]

Oh Franklin' Roosevelt told the people how he felt [00:01:38]

We damn near believed what he said [00:01:43]

He said "I hate war and so does Eleanor[00:01:47]

But we won't be safe 'till everybody's dead "[00:01:52]

Why nothing can be wrong[00:02:06]

If it makes our country strong [00:02:09]

We gotta get tough to save democracy [00:02:11]

And though it may mean war[00:02:16]

We must defend Singapore [00:02:18]

This don't hurt you half as much as it hurts me [00:02:20]

Oh Franklin' Roosevelt told the people how he felt [00:02:25]

We damn near believed what he said [00:02:30]

He said "I hate war and so does Eleanor[00:02:34]

But we won't be safe 'till everybody's dead "[00:02:39]