Lyndon Johnson Told the Nation(LP版) - Tom Paxton

Lyndon Johnson Told the Nation (LP版) - Tom Paxton
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I got a letter from L B J
我收到了林登·B·约翰逊的来信
It said this is your lucky day
信中说这是你的幸运日
It's time to put your khaki trousers on
是时候穿上你的卡其色军裤了
Though it may seem very queer
虽然这看起来很奇怪
We've got no jobs to give you here
我们这里没有工作给你
So we are sending you to Viet Nam
所以我们要送你去越南
Lyndon Johnson told the nation
林登·约翰逊告诉国民
"Have no fear of escalation
“不要害怕局势升级”
I am trying everyone to please
我试图取悦每一个人
Though it isn't really war
尽管这并非真正的战争
We're sending fifty thousand more
我们派遣了五万多人
To help save Viet nam from Viet Namese "
去帮助越南人拯救越南
I jumped off the old troop ship
我从旧军舰上跳下
And sank in mud up to my hips
陷入齐腰深的泥泞中
I cussed until the captain called me down
我咒骂着，直到船长叫我安静
Never mind how hard it's raining
别管雨下得有多大
Think of all the ground we're gaining
想想我们正在占领的土地
Just don't take one step outside of town
只是别踏出城外一步
Lyndon Johnson told the nation
林登·约翰逊告诉国民
"Have no fear of escalation
“不要害怕局势升级”
I am trying everyone to please
我试图取悦每一个人
Though it isn't really war
尽管这并非真正的战争
We're sending fifty thousand more
我们派遣了五万多人
To help save Viet nam from Viet Namese "
去帮助越南人拯救越南
Every night the local gentry
每晚当地的贵族们
Sneak out past the sleeping sentry
悄悄溜过熟睡的哨兵
They go to join the old VC
他们去加入越共
In their nightly little dramas
在夜间的戏剧中
They put on their black pajamas
他们穿上黑色睡衣
And come lobbing mortar shells at me
向我投掷迫击炮弹
Lyndon Johnson told the nation
林登·约翰逊告诉国民
"Have no fear of escalation
“不要害怕局势升级”
I am trying everyone to please
我试图取悦每一个人
Though it isn't really war
尽管这并非真正的战争
We're sending fifty thousand more
我们派遣了五万多人
To help save Viet nam from Viet Namese "
去帮助越南人拯救越南
We go round in helicopters
我们乘坐直升机盘旋
Like a bunch of big grasshoppers
像一群大蚱蜢
Searching for the Viet Cong in vain
徒劳地搜寻越共
They left a note that they had gone
他们留下了一张纸条，说他们已经离开
They had to get down to Saigon
他们不得不前往西贡
Their government positions to maintain
以维持他们的政府地位
Lyndon Johnson told the nation
林登·约翰逊告诉国民
"Have no fear of escalation
“不要害怕局势升级”
I am trying everyone to please
我试图取悦每一个人
Though it isn't really war
尽管这并非真正的战争
We're sending fifty thousand more
我们派遣了五万多人
To help save Viet nam from Viet Namese "
去帮助越南人拯救越南
Well here I sit in this rice paddy
我坐在这片稻田里
Wondering about Big Daddy
思索着“大老爹”的用意
And I know that Lyndon loves me so
我知道林登深爱着我
Yet how sadly I remember
然而我悲伤地回忆起
Way back yonder in November
去年十一月的那一天
When he said I'd never have to go
他曾说我永远不必去
Lyndon Johnson told the nation
林登·约翰逊告诉国民
"Have no fear of escalation
“不要害怕局势升级”
I am trying everyone to please
我试图取悦每一个人
Though it isn't really war
尽管这并非真正的战争
We're sending fifty thousand more
我们派遣了五万多人
To help save Viet nam from Viet Namese "
去帮助越南人拯救越南