Lyndon Johnson Told the Nation歌词 歌手Tom Paxton-专辑Ramblin' Boy & Ain't That News-单曲《Lyndon Johnson Told the Nation》L

[00:07.562]I got a letter from L.B.J [00:09.574]It said, "This is your lucky day" [00:11.481]It's time to put your khaki trousers on [00:14.589]Though it may seem very queer [00:17.724]We've got no jobs to give you here [00:19.553]So we are sending you to Vietnam [00:22.661]Lyndon Johnson told the nation [00:25.561]Have no fear of escalation [00:27.598]I am trying everyone to please [00:31.438]Though it isn't really war [00:33.554]We're sending fifty thousand more [00:35.487]To help save Vietnam from the Vietnamese [00:38.857]I jumped off the old troop ship [00:41.469]And sank in mud up to my hips [00:43.481]I cussed until the captain called me down [00:46.511]Never mind how hard it's raining [00:49.593]Think of all the ground we're gaining [00:51.631]Just don't take one step outside of town [00:54.766]Lyndon Johnson told the nation [00:57.456]Have no fear of escalation [00:59.389]I am trying everyone to please [01:03.308]Though it isn't really war [01:05.371]We're sending fifty thousand more [01:07.357]To help save Vietnam from the Vietnamese [01:13.469]Every night the local gentry [01:15.507]Slip out past the sleeping sentry [01:17.623]They go to join the old V C [01:21.358]In their nightly little dramas [01:23.657]They put on their black pajamas [01:25.721]Then come lobbing mortar shells at me [01:28.777]When Lyndon Johnson told the nation [01:31.363]Have no fear of escalation [01:33.296]I am trying everyone to please [01:37.188]Though it isn't really war [01:39.200]We're sending fifty thousand more [01:41.237]To help save Vietnam from the Vietnamese [01:47.246]We go round in helicopters [01:49.571]Like a bunch of big grasshoppers [01:51.556]Searching for the Viet Cong in vain [01:55.082]They left a note that they had gone [01:57.329]They had to get down to Saigon [01:59.262]Their government positions to maintain [02:03.415]And Lyndon Johnson told the nation [02:05.427]Have no fear of escalation [02:07.543]I am trying everyone to please [02:11.278]Though it isn't really war [02:13.264]We're sending fifty thousand more [02:15.353]To help save Vietnam from the Vietnamese [02:21.414]Well, here I sit in this rice paddy [02:23.477]Wondering about Big Daddy [02:25.254]And I know that Lyndon loves me so [02:29.277]Yet how sadly I remember [02:31.314]Way back yonder in November [02:33.352]When he said I'd never have to go [02:37.166]And Lyndon Johnson told the nation [02:39.282]Have no fear of escalation [02:41.293]I am trying everyone to please [02:45.368]Though it isn't really war [02:47.327]We're sending fifty thousand more [02:49.391]To help save Vietnam from the Vietnamese [by:以危险方法危害公共安全] [00:07.562]我收到了一封林登·约翰逊寄来的信 [00:09.574]上面写着”今天是你的幸运日“ [00:11.481]该穿上你的卡其裤了 [00:14.589]虽然看上去有些不对劲 [00:17.724]但是我们在美国给不了你岗位 [00:19.553]所以我们把你分配到越南战场 [00:22.661]林登·约翰逊对全国说 [00:25.561]不要害怕战争扩大 [00:27.598]我已经尽力让大家都满意 [00:31.438]虽然这不是真的战争 [00:33.554]我们已经派遣超过5万人 (越战中美军阵亡58,220人) [00:35.487]从越南人手里拯救越南 [00:38.857]我跳出老旧的运兵船 [00:41.469]污泥淹没了我的屁股 [00:43.481]我抱怨直到队长辱骂我 [00:46.511]不在意狂风暴雨 [00:49.593]想着我们正在占领的地盘 [00:51.631]不要踏出镇子外一步 [00:54.766]林登·约翰逊对全国说 [00:57.456]不要害怕战争扩大 [00:59.389]我已经尽力让大家都满意 [01:03.308]虽然这不是真的战争 [01:05.371]我们已经派遣超过5万人 [01:07.357]从越南人手里拯救越南 [01:13.469]每天夜里乡绅们从沉睡的哨兵身边溜走 [01:15.507] [01:17.623]他们去加入越共 (Viet Congs) [01:21.358]在他们每晚上映的小话剧里 [01:23.657]他们穿上黑睡衣 (越共游击队的典型制服） [01:25.721]迫击炮弹就向我飞来 [01:28.777]林登·约翰逊对全国说 [01:31.363]不要害怕战争扩大 [01:33.296]我已经尽力让大家都满意 [01:37.188]虽然这不是真的战争 [01:39.200]我们已经派遣超过5万人 [01:41.237]从越南人手里拯救越南 [01:47.246]我们坐在直升机里扫荡 [01:49.571]就像一群硕大的蝗虫 [01:51.556]徒劳地寻找越共 [01:55.082]他们留下了一封信说他们早已离开 [01:57.329]他们南下去了西贡 (1968年初北越及越共对南越进行了大规模突袭) [01:59.262]他们的政府地位依然稳固 [02:03.415]林登·约翰逊对全国说 [02:05.427]不要害怕战争扩大 [02:07.543]我已经尽力让大家都满意 [02:11.278]虽然这不是真的战争 [02:13.264]我们已经派遣超过5万人 [02:15.353]从越南人手里拯救越南 [02:21.414]我就坐在这儿的稻田里 [02:23.477]对空中支援感到疑惑 (Big Daddy为美国空军某部代号) [02:25.254]我知道林登·约翰逊也一样爱我 [02:29.277]但我还难过地记得 [02:31.314]很久以前的那个11月 [02:33.352]当他说我再也离开不了的时候 [02:37.166]林登·约翰逊对全国说 [02:39.282]不要害怕战争扩大 [02:41.293]我已经尽力让大家都满意 [02:45.368]虽然这不是真的战争 [02:47.327]我们已经派遣超过5万人 [02:49.391]从越南人手里拯救越南