《Let Us Begin(What Are We Making Weapons For)》歌词

[00:00:00] Let Us Begin (What Are We Making Weapons For) - John Denver (约翰·丹佛)

[00:00:03] Written by：John Denver

[00:00:12] I am the son of a grassland farmer

[00:00:17] Western Oklahoma nineteen forty three

[00:00:23] I always felt grateful to live in the land of the free

[00:00:33] I gave up my father to South Korea

[00:00:38] The mind of my brother to Vietnam

[00:00:44] Now there's a banker who says I must give up my land

[00:00:53] There are four generations of blood in this topsoil

[00:00:59] Four generations of love on this farm

[00:01:04] Before I give up I would gladly give up my right arm

[00:01:15] What are we making weapons for

[00:01:19] Why keep on feeding the war machine

[00:01:24] We take it right out of the mouths of our babies

[00:01:29] Take it away from the hands of the poor

[00:01:33] Tell me what are we making weapons for

[00:01:46] I had a son and my son was a soldier

[00:01:50] He was so like my father he was so much like me

[00:01:56] To be a good comrade was the best

[00:02:00] That he dreamed he could be

[00:02:06] He gave up his future to revolution

[00:02:11] His life to a battle that just can't be won

[00:02:17] For this is not living to live at the point of a gun

[00:02:26] I remember the nine hundred days of Leningrad

[00:02:32] The sound of the dying the cut of the cold

[00:02:38] I remember the moments I prayed I would never grow old

[00:02:48] What are we making weapons for

[00:02:53] Why keep on feeding the war machine

[00:02:57] We take it right out of the mouths of our babies

[00:03:03] Take it away from the hands of the poor

[00:03:07] Tell me what are we making weapons for

[00:03:18] For the first time in my life I feel like a prisoner

[00:03:23] A slave to the ways of the powers that be

[00:03:29] And I fear for my children

[00:03:32] As I fear for the future I see

[00:03:39] Tell me how can it be we're still fighting each other

[00:03:44] What does it take for a people to learn

[00:03:50] If our song is not sung as a chorus we surely will burn

[00:04:00] What are we making weapons for

[00:04:05] Why keep on feeding the war machine

[00:04:10] We take it right out of the mouths of our babies

[00:04:15] Take it away from the hands of the poor

[00:04:19] Tell me what are we making weapons for

[00:04:25] Have we forgotten

[00:04:30] All the lives that were given

[00:04:35] All the vows that were taken

[00:04:39] Saying never again

[00:04:45] Now for the first time

[00:04:49] This could be the last time

[00:04:54] If peace is our vision

[00:05:00] Let us begin

[00:05:02] Have we forgotten

[00:05:06] All the lives that were given

[00:05:11] All the vows that were taken

[00:05:16] Saying never again never again

[00:05:21] Now for the first time

[00:05:26] This could be the last time

[00:05:32] If peace is our vision

[00:05:37] Let us begin let us begin