《Dear Mr. President》歌词

[00:00:00] Dear Mr. President (亲爱的总统先生) - Pete Seeger (皮特·西格)/Josh White/Woody Guthrie

[00:00:09] Dear Mr. President I set me down

[00:00:11] To send you greetings from my home town

[00:00:13] And send you best wishes from all the friends I know

[00:00:15] In Texas Alabama Ohio

[00:00:18] And affiliated

[00:00:20] I'm an ordinary guy worked most of my life

[00:00:23] Sometime I'll settle down with my kids and wife

[00:00:25] And I like to see a movie or take a little drink

[00:00:27] I like being free to say what I think

[00:00:29] Sort of runs in the family

[00:00:31] My grandpa crossed the ocean for the same reason

[00:00:36] Now I hate Hitler and I can tell you why

[00:00:38] He's caused lots of good folks to suffer and die

[00:00:40] He's got a way of shoving folks around

[00:00:42] I figure it's about time we slapped him down

[00:00:44] Give him a dose of his own medicine

[00:00:47] Lead poisoning

[00:00:50] Now Mr. President

[00:00:51] We haven't always agreed in the past I know

[00:00:54] But that ain't at all important now

[00:00:56] What is important is what we got to do

[00:00:58] We got to lick Mr. Hitler and until we do

[00:00:59] Other things can wait

[00:01:03] In other words first we got a skunk to skin

[00:01:07] War means overtime and higher prices

[00:01:09] But we're all willing to make sacrifices

[00:01:11] Hell I'd even stop fighting with my mother-in-law

[00:01:13] 'Cause we need her too to win the war old battle ax

[00:01:18] Now as I think of our great land

[00:01:20] Of the cities and towns and farming land

[00:01:22] There's so many good people working every day

[00:01:24] I know it ain't perfect but it will be some day

[00:01:26] Just give us a little time

[00:01:29] This is the reason that I want to fight

[00:01:30] Not because every thing's perfect or every thing's right

[00:01:32] No it's just the opposite I'm fighting because I want

[00:01:35] A better America with better laws

[00:01:37] And better homes and jobs and schools

[00:01:40] And no more Jim Crow and no more rules

[00:01:41] Like you can't ride on this train 'cause you're a Negro

[00:01:46] You can't live here 'cause you're a Jew

[00:01:49] You can't work here 'cause you're a union man

[00:01:53] There's a line keeps running through my head

[00:01:55] I think it was something Joe Louis once said

[00:01:58] Said there's lots of things wrong

[00:01:59] But Hitler won't help 'em

[00:02:03] Now Mr. President

[00:02:04] You're commander-in-chief of our armed forces

[00:02:06] Ships and planes and the tanks and horses

[00:02:08] I guess you know best just where I can fight

[00:02:11] All I want to be is situated right

[00:02:13] To do the most damage

[00:02:15] I never was one to try and shirk

[00:02:17] And let the other fellow do all the work

[00:02:19] So when the time comes I'll be on hand

[00:02:21] And make good use of these two hands

[00:02:24] Quit playing this banjo around with the boys

[00:02:26] And exchange it for something that makes more noise

[00:02:30] So Mr. President we've got this one big job to do

[00:02:34] That's lick Mr. Hitler and when we're through

[00:02:36] Let no one else ever take his place

[00:02:39] To trample down the human race

[00:02:41] So what I want is you to give me a gun

[00:02:43] So we can hurry up and get the job done