Singing In Vietnam Talking Blues-Johnny Cash

[ti:Singing In Vietnam Talking Blues] [ar:Johnny Cash] [al:Johnny Cash's America] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Singing In Vietnam Talking Blues - Johnny Cash (约翰尼·卡什) [00:08.58]One mornin' at breakfast I said to my wife [00:11.40]"We've been everywhere once [00:12.79]And some places twice" [00:14.10]As I had another helpin' of country ham [00:16.20]She said "We never been to vietnam [00:18.62] [00:19.16]There's a bunch of our boys over there" [00:21.05] [00:21.91]So we went to the orient saigon [00:25.37] [00:26.98]Well we got a big welcome [00:28.50]When we drove in [00:29.82]Through the gates of a place [00:31.16]That they call long ben [00:32.40]We checked in [00:33.21]And everything got kinda quite [00:34.82]But a soldier boy said [00:36.32]"Just wait 'til tonight [00:37.44]Things get noisy things start happening' [00:40.83] [00:42.26]Big bad firecrackers" [00:43.84] [00:45.26]Well that night we did about [00:46.62]Four shows for the boys [00:47.88]And they were livin' it up [00:49.21]With a whole lot of noise [00:50.78]We did our last song for the night [00:53.21]Then we crawled into bed [00:54.55]For some peace and quite [00:55.74]But things weren't peaceful [00:56.94] [00:57.98]And things weren't quite [00:59.10] [01:00.54]Things were scary [01:01.64] [01:03.31]Well for a few minutes [01:04.45]June never said one word [01:05.99]And I thought at first that she hadn't heard [01:08.83]Then a shell exploded not two miles away [01:11.49]She sat up in bed [01:12.68]And I heard her say [01:13.86]"What was that " [01:14.62] [01:15.49]I said "That was a shell or a bomb" [01:18.33]She said "I'm scared" [01:19.78]I said "Me too" [01:20.61] [01:21.59]Well all night long that noise kept on [01:24.53]And the sound would chill [01:25.81]You right to the bone [01:27.03]The bullets and the bombs [01:28.26]And the motor shells [01:29.30] [01:29.98]Shook our bed every time [01:31.34]One fell and it never let up [01:32.99] [01:33.88]It was gonna get worse [01:34.98] [01:36.20]Before it got any better [01:37.27] [01:39.84]Well when the sun came up [01:41.45]The noise died down [01:42.57]We got a few minutes sleep [01:43.98]And we were sleepin' sound [01:45.32]Then a soldier knocked [01:46.54]On our door and said [01:47.76]"Last night we brought in seven dead [01:49.84] [01:50.39]And fourteen wounded" [01:51.28] [01:52.53]And would we come down [01:53.79]To the base hospital [01:55.01]And see the boys yeah [01:56.73] [01:58.01]So we went to the hospital ward by day [02:00.24] [02:01.22]And every night we were singin' away [02:03.19]Then the shells [02:04.08]And the bombs 'til dawn again [02:06.06]And the helicopters brought in a wounded man [02:08.63]Night after night day after day [02:11.45] [02:13.13]Comin' and a goin' [02:14.07] [02:16.19]So we sadly sang for them our last song [02:18.76]And reluctantly we said so long [02:21.54]We did our best to let them know [02:23.51]That we cared [02:24.34]For every last one of them it's over there [02:26.58]Whether we belonged over there or not [02:28.17] [02:28.82]Somebody over here loves them [02:30.20] [02:31.36]And needs them [02:32.34] [02:34.13]Well now that's about all there is to tell [02:36.49]About that little trip into livin' hell [02:38.65] [02:39.22]And if I ever go back over there anymore [02:41.78]Hope there's none of our boys [02:43.35]There for me to sing for [02:44.63]I hope that war's over with [02:45.77] [02:46.66]And they all come back home [02:48.08] [02:49.18]To stay in peace