《John Brown(Live at Town Hall， New York， NY - April 1963)》歌词

[00:00:00] John Brown (Live at Town Hall, New York, NY - April 1963) - Bob Dylan

[00:00:02] Lyrics by：Bob Dylan

[00:00:03] Composed by：Bob Dylan

[00:00:26] When John Brown went off

[00:00:28] To war to fight on a foreign shore

[00:00:32] His mama sure was proud of him

[00:00:36] He stood straight and tall in his uniform and all

[00:00:42] His mama's face broke out all to a grin

[00:00:47] Oh son you look so fine

[00:00:49] I'm glad you're a son of mine

[00:00:54] You make me proud to know you hold a gun

[00:00:58] Do you what the captain says

[00:01:00] Lots of medals you will get

[00:01:03] And we'll put them on the wall when you come home

[00:01:10] When that old train pulled out

[00:01:11] John's ma began to shout

[00:01:15] Tellin' ev'rybody in the neighborhood

[00:01:19] That's my son that's about to go

[00:01:21] He's a stranger

[00:01:22] He is soldier now you know

[00:01:25] She made well sure her neighbors understood

[00:01:33] She got a letter once in a while

[00:01:35] And her face broke into a smile

[00:01:37] As she showed them to the people from next door

[00:01:41] And she bragged about her son with his uniform and gun

[00:01:47] And these things you called a good old-fashioned war

[00:01:51] Now good old-fashioned war

[00:02:01] Then the letters ceased to come

[00:02:03] For a long time they did not come

[00:02:07] They ceased to come for about ten months or more

[00:02:11] When a letter finally came saying

[00:02:13] Go down and meet the train

[00:02:16] Your son's a-coming home from the war

[00:02:23] She smiled and went right down

[00:02:24] She looked everywhere around

[00:02:28] But she did not see her soldier son in sight

[00:02:32] But as all the people passed

[00:02:34] She saw her son at last

[00:02:36] When she did she could hardly believe her eyes

[00:02:40] Oh his face was all shot up

[00:02:42] And his hand was all blown off

[00:02:44] As he wore a metal brace around his waist

[00:02:49] He whispered kind of slow

[00:02:51] In a voice she did not know

[00:02:53] While she couldn't even recognize his face

[00:02:57] Not recognize his face

[00:03:09] Tell me

[00:03:09] My darling son

[00:03:11] Pray tell me what they done

[00:03:14] How is it you come to be this way

[00:03:19] As he tried his best to talk

[00:03:21] But his mouth could hardly move

[00:03:23] And his mother had to turn her face away

[00:03:28] Don't you remember ma when I went off to war

[00:03:32] You thought it was the best thing I could do

[00:03:36] I was on the battleground

[00:03:38] You were home acting proud

[00:03:41] And got you wasn't standing in my shoes

[00:03:45] And I thought when I was there

[00:03:47] God what am I doing here

[00:03:50] I'm a-tryin' to kill somebody or die tryin'

[00:03:55] But the thing that scared me most was

[00:03:57] When my enemy came close

[00:04:00] And I saw that his face looked just like mine

[00:04:05] Oh Lord just like mine

[00:04:16] And I couldn't help but think

[00:04:17] Through the thunder rolling and stink

[00:04:20] That I was just a puppet in a play

[00:04:24] And through the roar and smoke

[00:04:26] This string is finally broke

[00:04:28] And a cannonball blew my eyes away

[00:04:36] As he turned away to walk

[00:04:38] His ma was still in shock

[00:04:41] Seein' the metal brace that helped him stand

[00:04:46] But as he turned to go

[00:04:48] He called his mother close

[00:04:51] And he dropped his medals down into her hand

[00:04:56] Lord Lord down into her hand