Lyndon johnson told the nation (LP版)-Tom Paxton

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以下歌词翻译由微信翻译提供 [00:08.45]I got a letter from L B J
我收到一封来自L.B.J的信 [00:10.09]It said this is your lucky day
上面说今天是你的幸运日 [00:12.08]It's time to put your khaki trousers on
是时候穿上你的卡其色裤子了 [00:15.35] [00:16.02]Though it may seem very queer [00:17.93]We've got no jobs to give you here
我们没有工作给你 [00:19.94]So we are sending you to Viet Nam
所以我们要送你去越南 [00:23.20] [00:24.01]Lyndon Johnson told the nation
林登·约翰逊告诉全国人民 [00:25.99]"Have no fear of escalation
不要害怕事态升级 [00:27.93]I am trying everyone to please
我试着取悦每个人 [00:32.11]Though it isn't really war
虽然这不是真的战争 [00:33.85]We're sending fifty thousand more
我们要再送五万块 [00:35.85]To help save Viet nam from Viet Namese "
把越南从越南手里拯救出来 [00:39.38] [00:40.15]I jumped off the old troop ship
我跳下那艘破旧的军舰 [00:41.87]And sank in mud up to my hips
深陷泥淖无法自拔 [00:43.80]I cussed until the captain called me down
我大骂一通直到队长叫我倒下 [00:47.45] [00:48.01]Never mind how hard it's raining
不管雨下得多大 [00:49.98]Think of all the ground we're gaining
想想我们取得的成就 [00:51.95]Just don't take one step outside of town
千万不要出城一步 [00:55.26] [00:55.84]Lyndon Johnson told the nation
林登·约翰逊告诉全国人民 [00:57.88]"Have no fear of escalation
不要害怕事态升级 [00:59.74]I am trying everyone to please
我试着取悦每个人 [01:03.94]Though it isn't really war
虽然这不是真的战争 [01:05.74]We're sending fifty thousand more
我们要再送五万块 [01:07.73]To help save Viet nam from Viet Namese "
把越南从越南手里拯救出来 [01:11.48] [01:14.28]Every night the local gentry
每天晚上都是本地的绅士 [01:15.88]Sneak out past the sleeping sentry
偷偷溜出沉睡的岗哨 [01:17.91]They go to join the old VC
他们去加入以前的VC [01:21.83]In their nightly little dramas
每天晚上都在上演闹剧 [01:23.71]They put on their black pajamas
他们穿上黑色睡衣 [01:25.85]And come lobbing mortar shells at me
朝我倾泻火力 [01:29.70]Lyndon Johnson told the nation
林登·约翰逊告诉全国人民 [01:31.78]"Have no fear of escalation
不要害怕事态升级 [01:33.72]I am trying everyone to please
我试着取悦每个人 [01:37.81]Though it isn't really war
虽然这不是真的战争 [01:39.58]We're sending fifty thousand more
我们要再送五万块 [01:41.61]To help save Viet nam from Viet Namese "
把越南从越南手里拯救出来 [01:45.05] [01:47.90]We go round in helicopters
我们开着直升机四处游荡 [01:49.54]Like a bunch of big grasshoppers
就像一群大蚱蜢 [01:51.84]Searching for the Viet Cong in vain
寻找越共也徒劳无功 [01:55.25] [01:55.77]They left a note that they had gone
他们留下一张纸条说他们走了 [01:57.78]They had to get down to Saigon
他们必须去西贡 [01:59.79]Their government positions to maintain
他们的政府地位难以撼动 [02:03.62]Lyndon Johnson told the nation
林登·约翰逊告诉全国人民 [02:05.72]"Have no fear of escalation
不要害怕事态升级 [02:07.76]I am trying everyone to please
我试着取悦每个人 [02:11.36] [02:11.88]Though it isn't really war
虽然这不是真的战争 [02:13.67]We're sending fifty thousand more
我们要再送五万块 [02:15.73]To help save Viet nam from Viet Namese "
把越南从越南手里拯救出来 [02:19.30] [02:21.77]Well here I sit in this rice paddy
我坐在稻田里 [02:23.78]Wondering about Big Daddy
想知道大老爹的事 [02:25.76]And I know that Lyndon loves me so
我知道林登深爱着我 [02:29.16] [02:29.76]Yet how sadly I remember
然而我记得多么悲伤 [02:31.67]Way back yonder in November
很久以前十一月的时候 [02:33.68]When he said I'd never have to go
当他说我永远不必离去时 [02:37.01] [02:37.61]Lyndon Johnson told the nation
林登·约翰逊告诉全国人民 [02:39.71]"Have no fear of escalation
不要害怕事态升级 [02:41.58]I am trying everyone to please
我试着取悦每个人 [02:45.62]Though it isn't really war
虽然这不是真的战争 [02:47.57]We're sending fifty thousand more
我们要再送五万块 [02:49.58]To help save Viet nam from Viet Namese "
把越南从越南手里拯救出来