《John Brown》歌词

[00:00:00] John Brown (Live) - Bob Dylan

[00:00:15] John Brown went off to war to fight on a foreign shore

[00:00:19] His mama sure was proud of him

[00:00:23] He stood so straight and tall in his uniform and all

[00:00:27] His mama's face broke out into a grin

[00:00:30] "Oh son you look so fine

[00:00:32] I'm glad you're a son of mine

[00:00:34] Make me proud to know you own a gun

[00:00:38] Do what the captain says

[00:00:39] Lot of medals you will get

[00:00:42] We'll put them on the wall when you get home"

[00:00:45] That old train pulled out

[00:00:47] John's ma began to shout

[00:00:50] Tellin' ev'ryone in the neighborhood

[00:00:53] "That's my son that's about to go

[00:00:55] He's a soldier now you know"

[00:00:57] She made well sure her neighbors understood

[00:01:01] She got a letter once in a while

[00:01:03] Her face broke into a smile

[00:01:05] She showed them to the people from next door

[00:01:08] They bragged about her son with his uniform and gun

[00:01:12] And these things you called a good old fashioned war

[00:01:16] Then the letters ceased to come

[00:01:17] For a long time they did not come

[00:01:20] Ceased to come for about ten months or more

[00:01:23] Then when letter finally came saying

[00:01:25] "Go down and meet the train

[00:01:27] Your son is coming back from the war"

[00:01:31] She smiled and she went right down

[00:01:33] She looked up and all around

[00:01:35] She did not see her soldier son in sight

[00:01:38] When all the people passed

[00:01:40] She saw her son at last

[00:01:42] When she did she could not believe her eyes

[00:01:46] Oh his face was all shot up and his hand were blown away

[00:01:49] And he wore a metal brace around his waist

[00:01:54] He whispered kind of slow

[00:01:55] In a voice she didn't know

[00:01:57] And she couldn't even recognize his face

[00:02:46] "Oh tell me my darling son

[00:02:48] Tell me what they've done

[00:02:49] How is it that you come to be this way "

[00:02:53] He tried his best to talk but his mouth could hardly move

[00:02:57] And his mother had to turn her face away

[00:03:01] "Don't you remember ma

[00:03:02] When I went off to war

[00:03:04] You thought it was the best thing I could do

[00:03:08] I was on the battleground

[00:03:10] You were home acting proud

[00:03:12] You weren't there standing in my shoes

[00:03:15] And I thought when I was there Lord

[00:03:17] What am I doing here

[00:03:19] Tryin' to kill somebody or die tryin'

[00:03:23] But the thing that scared me most

[00:03:24] When my enemy came close

[00:03:26] I can see that his face looked just like mine"

[00:03:30] And I couldn't help but think

[00:03:32] Through the thunder rolling and stink

[00:03:34] I was just a puppet in a play

[00:03:38] And through the roar and smoke

[00:03:39] This string it finally broke

[00:03:41] And a cannon ball blew my eyes away"

[00:03:56] As he turned away to go

[00:03:58] His mother was acting slow

[00:04:00] Seein' the metal brace that helped him stand

[00:04:04] But as he turned to leave

[00:04:05] He called his mother close

[00:04:07] And he dropped his medals down into her hand