《The Iron Man》歌词

[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] 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!