Ballad of Ira Hayes

[ti:Ballad of Ira Hayes] [ar:Johnny Cash] [al:Essential Classic Country Hits, Vol. 1] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.55]Ballad of Ira Hayes - Johnny Cash (约翰尼·卡什) [00:02.30]Written by：Peter Lafarge [00:03.41] [00:13.97]Ira Hayes [00:15.65] [00:17.12]Ira Hayes [00:18.92] [00:20.88]Call him drunken Ira Hayes [00:24.69]He won't answer anymore [00:27.22] [00:27.76]Not the whiskey drinkin' indian [00:30.24]Nor the marine that went to war [00:33.11] [00:39.53]Gather round the deep there's a story I would tell [00:43.78] [00:44.83]About a brave young indian [00:46.65] [00:47.19]You should remember well [00:48.75] [00:49.53]From the land of the pima indian [00:51.77] [00:52.78]A proud and noble band [00:54.68] [00:55.35]Who farmed the Phoenix valley in Arizona land [00:59.51] [01:01.19]Down the ditches for a thousand years [01:03.10]The water grew Ira's peoples' crops [01:05.55] [01:06.05]'till the white man stole the water rights [01:08.46]And the sparklin' water stopped [01:10.57] [01:11.94]Now Ira's folks were hungry [01:13.86] [01:14.41]And their land grew crops of weeds [01:17.09]When war came Ira volunteered [01:19.11] [01:19.77]And forgot the white man's greed [01:22.23] [01:23.05]Call him drunken Ira Hayes [01:25.67]He won't answer anymore [01:28.19] [01:28.81]Not the whiskey drinkin' indian [01:31.23]Nor the marine that went to war [01:33.96] [01:36.84]There they battled up iwo jima's hill [01:39.62] [01:40.19]Two hundred and fifty men [01:41.78] [01:42.68]But only twenty seven lived [01:44.79] [01:45.40]To walk back down again [01:46.82] [01:47.88]And when the fight was over [01:49.75] [01:50.60]And when old glory raised [01:52.32] [01:53.03]Among the men who held it high [01:55.49]Was the indian Ira Hayes [01:57.61] [02:05.99]Call him drunken Ira Hayes [02:08.45]He won't answer anymore [02:11.04] [02:11.58]Not the whiskey drinkin' indian [02:13.84]Nor the marine that went to war [02:16.73] [02:22.41]Ira Hayes returned a hero [02:24.44] [02:25.39]Celebrated through the land [02:27.25] [02:27.77]He was wined and speeched and honored [02:30.00] [02:30.75]Everybody shook his hand [02:32.34] [02:33.01]But he was just a pima indian [02:34.86] [02:36.09]No water no home no chance [02:37.87] [02:38.49]At home nobody cared what Ira'd done [02:40.90] [02:41.43]And when did the indians dance [02:43.17] [02:44.66]Call him drunken Ira Hayes [02:47.13]He won't answer anymore [02:49.54] [02:50.18]Not the whiskey drinkin' indian [02:52.43]Nor the marine that went to war [02:55.15] [02:58.31]Then Ira started drinkin' hard [03:00.55] [03:01.37]Jail was often his home [03:03.10] [03:03.78]They'd let him raise the flag and lower it [03:05.69] [03:06.20]Like you'd throw a dog a bone [03:08.21] [03:11.29]He died drunk early one mornin' [03:13.81] [03:14.68]Alone in the land he fought to save [03:17.10]Two inches of water in a lonely ditch [03:19.02]Was a grave for Ira Hayes [03:21.28] [03:22.84]Call him drunken Ira Hayes [03:25.29]He won't answer anymore [03:27.67] [03:28.31]Not the whiskey drinkin' indian [03:30.62]Nor the marine that went to war [03:33.41] [03:35.81]Yeah call him drunken Ira Hayes [03:38.60] [03:39.56]But his land is just as dry [03:41.58] [03:42.30]And his ghost is lyin' thirsty [03:44.47] [03:45.25]In the ditch where Ira died