John Brown-Bob Dylan

[ti:John Brown] [ar:Bob Dylan] [al:Gaslight Sessions] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]John Brown - Bob Dylan [00:25.92]John Brown went off to war called to battle on a foreign shore [00:31.20]And his mother she sure was proud of him [00:33.98] [00:37.89]When he stood so straight and tall in his uniform and all [00:41.84] [00:42.84]His mother's face broke out in a glowing grin [00:45.56] [00:47.48]She said Son you look so fine I'm so glad you're a son of mine [00:51.41] [00:59.01]You make me proud to know you hold a gun [01:02.13] [01:03.64]Do what your captain says an lots of medals you will get [01:07.69] [01:08.49]Then we'll hang them on the wall when you come home [01:11.17] [01:14.95]As that evening train pulled out John's ma began to shout [01:19.08] [01:20.22]Telling everybody in the neighborhood [01:23.03] [01:24.28]That's my son that's about to go he's a soldier now you know [01:28.37] [01:29.26]And she made well sure her neighbors understood [01:31.39] [01:49.14]She got a letter once in a while and her face broke into a smile [01:53.87] [01:55.22]Then she showed them to the people from next door [01:58.41] [02:02.18]And she bragged about her son with his uniform and gun [02:06.45] [02:06.98]And this thing they called a good old-fashioned war [02:09.87] [02:13.70]Then the letters ceased to come [02:15.62]For a long time they did not come [02:18.00] [02:19.67]Ceased to come for about ten months or more [02:22.59] [02:26.31]Then when letter finally came saying [02:28.71]Go down and meet the train [02:30.54] [02:31.15]Your son is coming back from the war [02:33.93] [02:49.93]She smiled and she went right down she looked up and all around [02:53.84] [02:55.53]She did not see her soldier son in sight [02:58.30] [03:00.25]When all the people passed she saw her son at last [03:04.65]When she did she could not believe her eyes [03:07.05] [03:09.37]His face was all shot up and his hand were blown away [03:13.26] [03:13.85]And he wore a metal brace around his waist [03:16.65] [03:18.16]He whispered kind of slow in a voice she didn't know [03:22.34] [03:23.84]And she couldn't even recognize his face [03:26.84] [03:31.67]Oh my darling son tell me what they've done [03:35.79] [03:37.55]How is it that you come to be this way [03:40.28] [03:44.23]He tried his best to talk but his mouth could hardly move [03:48.01] [03:49.61]And his mother had to turn her face away [03:52.70] [03:59.24]Don't you remember ma when I went off to war [04:03.69] [04:05.48]You thought it was the best thing I could do [04:08.09] [04:09.98]I was on the battleground you were home acting proud [04:13.89] [04:15.46]You weren't there standing in my shoes [04:18.08] [04:22.14]And I thought when I was there Lord what am I doing here [04:26.22] [04:27.56]Tryin' to kill somebody or die tryin' [04:30.76] [04:31.86]But the thing that scared me most when my enemy came close [04:35.81]I can see that his face looked just like mine [04:39.27] [04:57.24]And I couldn't help but think through the thunder rolling and stink [05:01.46] [05:02.77]I was just a puppet in a play [05:05.50] [05:07.33]And through the roar and smoke this string it finally broke [05:11.29] [05:11.80]And a cannon ball blew my eyes away [05:14.68] [05:19.57]As he turned away to go his mother was acting slow [05:23.43] [05:24.38]Seein' the metal brace that helped him stand [05:26.88] [05:28.38]But as he turned to leave he called his mother close [05:32.17] [05:32.85]And he dropped his medals down into her hand