《The Men Behind The Guns(LP版)》歌词

[00:00:00] The Men Behind The Guns - Phil Ochs

[00:00:04] Let's drink a toast to the admiral

[00:00:06] And here's to the captain bold

[00:00:09] And glory more for the commodore

[00:00:11] When the deeds of might are told

[00:00:14] They stand to the deck with the battle's wreck

[00:00:16] When the great shells roar and pound

[00:00:19] And never they fear when the foe is near

[00:00:21] To lay their orders down

[00:00:24] But off with your hats and three times three

[00:00:26] For every sailor's son

[00:00:29] For the men below who fight the foe

[00:00:31] The men behind the guns:

[00:00:34] Oh the men behind the guns

[00:00:39] Their hearts a-pounding heavy when

[00:00:41] They swing to port once more

[00:00:44] With never enough of the greenback stuff

[00:00:46] They start for the leave ashore

[00:00:49] And you'd think perhaps the blue-blouse chaps

[00:00:51] Had better clothes to wear

[00:00:53] For the uniforms of officers

[00:00:55] Could hardly be compared:

[00:00:59] Warriors bold with straps of gold

[00:01:01] That dazzle like the sun

[00:01:03] Outshine the common sailor boys

[00:01:06] The lads who serve the guns:

[00:01:08] Oh the men behind the guns

[00:01:14] Say not a word till the shot is heard

[00:01:16] That tells the fight is on

[00:01:18] And the angry sound of another round

[00:01:21] That says there must be God

[00:01:24] Over the deep and the deadly sweep

[00:01:25] The fire and the bursting shell

[00:01:28] Where the very air is a mad despair

[00:01:30] The throes of a living hell

[00:01:33] But down and deep in a mighty ship

[00:01:35] Unseen by the midday sun

[00:01:38] You'll find the boys who make the noise

[00:01:40] The lads who serve the guns:

[00:01:43] Oh the men behind the guns

[00:01:48] And well they know the cyclone blow

[00:01:50] Loose from the cannon's steel

[00:01:53] The know the hull of the enemy ship

[00:01:55] Will quiver with the peal

[00:01:58] And the decks will rock with the lightning shock

[00:02:00] And shake with the great recoil

[00:02:03] While the sea grows red

[00:02:04] With the blood of the dead

[00:02:06] And swallows up her spoil

[00:02:08] But not until the final ship

[00:02:10] Has made her final run

[00:02:13] Can we give their rest to the very best:

[00:02:15] To the lads who serve the guns

[00:02:18] Oh the men behind the guns

[00:02:23] So Let's drink a toast to the admiral

[00:02:25] And here's to the captain bold

[00:02:28] And glory more for the commodore

[00:02:30] When the deeds of might are told

[00:02:33] They stand to the deck with the battle's wreck

[00:02:35] When the great shells roar and pound

[00:02:38] And never they fear when the foe is near

[00:02:40] To lay their orders down

[00:02:43] But off with your hats and three times three

[00:02:45] For every sailor's son

[00:02:48] For the men below who fight the foe

[00:02:50] The men behind the guns:

[00:02:53] Oh the man behind the gun