The Ballad of Ira Hayes (Album Version)-Johnny Cash

[ti:The Ballad Of Ira Hayes] [ar:Johnny Cash] [al:Johnny Cash - 16 Biggest Hits] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Ballad of Ira Hayes (Album Version) - Johnny Cash (约翰尼·卡什) [00:13.48]Ira Hayes Ira Hayes Call him drunken Ira Hayes [00:24.35]He won't answer anymore [00:27.41]Not the whiskey drinkin' Indian [00:29.96]Nor the Marine that went to war [00:33.21] [00:39.14]Gather round me people there's a story I would tell [00:43.33] [00:44.46]About a brave young Indian you should remember well [00:49.25]From the tribe of the Pima Indian [00:52.43]A proud and peaceful band [00:54.99]Who farmed the Phoenix valley in Arizona land [01:00.81]Down the ditches for a thousand years [01:03.04]The water grew Ira's peoples' crops [01:05.79]'Till the white man stole the water rights [01:08.35]And the sparklin' water stopped [01:11.59]Now Ira's folks were hungry [01:13.98]And their land grew crops of weeds [01:16.49]When war came Ira volunteered [01:19.39]And forgot the white man's greed [01:22.81]Call him drunken Ira Hayes [01:25.62]He won't answer anymore [01:28.37]Not the whiskey drinkin' Indian [01:30.93]Nor the Marine that went to war [01:34.35] [01:36.54]There they battled up Iwo Jima's hill [01:39.85]Two hundred and fifty men [01:42.34]But only twenty-seven lived to fight back down again [01:47.53]And when the fight was over [01:50.26]And when Old Glory raised [01:52.71]Among the men who held it high [01:55.27]Was the Indian Ira Hayes [01:57.89] [02:05.71]Call him drunken Ira Hayes [02:08.33]He won't answer anymore [02:11.14]Not the whiskey drinkin' Indian [02:13.63]Nor the Marine that went to war [02:17.25] [02:22.06]Ira returned a hero [02:25.05]Celebrated through the land [02:27.50]He was wined and speeched and honored; [02:30.39]Everybody shook his hand [02:32.63]But he was just a Pima Indian [02:35.63]No water no crops no chance [02:38.16]At home nobody cared what Ira'd done [02:41.07]And when did the Indians dance [02:43.00] [02:44.39]Call him drunken Ira Hayes [02:46.88]He won't answer anymore [02:49.87]Not the whiskey drinkin' Indian [02:52.37]Nor the Marine that went to war [02:54.92] [02:57.99]Then Ira started drinkin' hard; [03:00.42] [03:00.99]Jail was often his home [03:03.47]They'd let him raise the flag and lower it [03:05.92]Like you'd throw a dog a bone [03:09.32] [03:11.01]He died drunk early one mornin' [03:14.33]Alone in the land he fought to save [03:16.83]Two inches of water in a lonely ditch [03:19.02]Was a grave for Ira Hayes [03:21.52] [03:22.57]Call him drunken Ira Hayes [03:25.12]He won't answer anymore [03:28.07]Not the whiskey drinkin' Indian [03:30.38]Nor the Marine that went to war [03:33.81] [03:35.42]Yeah call him drunken Ira Hayes [03:38.67] [03:39.23]But his land is just as dry [03:42.00]And his ghost is lyin' thirsty [03:44.82]In the ditch where Ira died