《When Johnny Came Marching Home》歌词

歌曲： When Johnny Came Marching Home

所属专辑：Halliburton Boardroom Massacre

歌手： David Rovics

时长： 03:15

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When Johnny Came Marching Home - David Rovics[00:00:00]

He got off the plane and looked at no one[00:00:10]

He walked down the tarmac in the direction of nowhere[00:00:14]

He followed the sun as it was setting[00:00:17]

Glad to be done with all the bloodletting[00:00:21]

There were no banners for the proud and the few[00:00:25]

Just workers in airports that do what they do[00:00:28]

Fuel up the planes unload the bags[00:00:32]

Along with the coffins all covered in flags[00:00:35]

When Johnny came marching home[00:00:41]

The town he was from was a dead little place[00:00:47]

So he looked for a job somewhere off base[00:00:50]

In this city of pawn shops and hotels and bars[00:00:53]

Gas stations strip clubs highways and cars[00:00:57]

He went to a dive ordered a beer[00:01:01]

Said turn the music up loud so it's all that[00:01:04]

I hear[00:01:07]

Try to rewind turn back the years[00:01:08]

Stop the explosions between my ears[00:01:12]

When Johnny came marching home[00:01:17]

The jobs were all sh and the beer it was[00:01:23]

Cheap[00:01:25]

And besides there was no other way he could sleep[00:01:26]

Still the screams and the guns would wake him at[00:01:30]

Night[00:01:32]

And he was always on edge and ready to fight[00:01:33]

And when he closed his eyes he would just see[00:01:37]

The face[00:01:39]

Of a woman he killed in a far away place[00:01:41]

Over and over the white of her eye[00:01:45]

And her final and terrible terrified cry[00:01:48]

When Johnny came marching home[00:01:53]

After just a short time his health fell apart[00:02:24]

With an ache in the joints and such a thump[00:02:28]

In the heart[00:02:30]

And the doctor just told him it's all in his[00:02:32]

Head[00:02:34]

But he couldn't stop drinking or get out of bed[00:02:35]

And with no place to go but the wrong way[00:02:39]

It was a shock to his ears when he heard[00:02:42]

Himself say[00:02:45]

Over and over to anyone within range[00:02:46]

Hey mister can you spare some change[00:02:50]

When Johnny came marching home[00:02:55]