Talking Vietnam Blues (LP版)-Phil Ochs

[ti:Talking Vietnam Blues (LP版)] [ar:Phil Ochs] [al:Rhino Hi-Five: Phil Ochs] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Talking Vietnam Blues (LP版) - Phil Ochs (菲尔·奥克斯) [00:13.30]Sailing over to vietnam [00:15.15]Southeast asian birmingham [00:16.67] [00:18.81]Well training is the word we use [00:20.75]Nice word to have in case we lose [00:22.59] [00:24.48]Training a million vietnamese [00:25.76] [00:27.28]To fight for the wrong government and the american way [00:29.77] [00:33.81]Well they put me in a barracks house [00:36.03]Just across the way from laos [00:37.93] [00:39.28]They said you're pretty safe when the troops deploy [00:41.78]But don't turn your back on your house boy [00:43.53] [00:45.16]When they ring the gong [00:46.23] [00:48.08]Watch out for the viet-cong [00:49.55] [00:53.59]Well the sergeant said it's time to train [00:55.71]So I climbed aboard my helicopter plane [00:57.63] [00:59.46]We flew above the battle ground [01:01.53]A sniper tried to shoot us down [01:03.17] [01:05.74]He must have forgotten we're only trainees [01:07.91] [01:09.87]Them commies never fight fair [01:11.91] [01:15.25]Friends the very next day we trained some more [01:17.33]We burned some villages down to the floor [01:19.26] [01:20.74]Yes we burned out the jungles far and wide [01:23.00]Made sure those red apes had no place left to hide [01:26.24] [01:27.95]Threw all the people in relocation camps [01:29.86] [01:30.94]Under lock and key made damn sure they're free [01:33.97] [01:36.81]Well I walked through the jungle and around the bend [01:38.90]Who should I meet but the ghost president diem [01:41.45] [01:42.45]Said you're fighting to keep vietnam free [01:44.79]For good old democracy [01:46.35] [01:48.65]That means rule by one family [01:50.35] [01:51.04]And 15 000 american troops give or take a few [01:55.13] [01:56.73]Thousand [01:57.20] [01:58.84]American [01:59.13] [02:01.13]Troops [02:01.45] [02:03.25]He said I was a fine old christian man [02:05.44]Ruling this backward buddhist land [02:07.18] [02:09.15]Well it ain't much but what the heck [02:10.87]It sure beats hell out of chiang kai-shek [02:12.96] [02:14.47]I'm the power elite [02:15.94] [02:17.33]Me and the 7th fleet [02:18.58] [02:22.03]He said meet my sister madam nhu [02:24.12]The sweetheart of dien bien phu [02:26.19] [02:27.72]He said meet my brothers meet my aunts [02:29.96]With the government that doesn't take a chance [02:31.71] [02:35.01]Families that slay together [02:36.45] [02:37.26]Stay together [02:38.34] [02:41.80]Said if you want to stay you'll have to pay [02:44.16]Over a million dollars a day but it's worth it all don't you see [02:49.51]If you lose the country you'll still have me [02:51.58] [02:53.03]Me and syngman rhee chiang kai-shek madam nhu [02:57.27] [02:59.20]Like I said on 'meet the press' [03:00.98]I regret that I have but one country to give for my life [03:04.35] [03:08.19]Well now old dien is gone and dead [03:10.30]All the new leaders are anti-red [03:11.96] [03:13.79]Yes they're pro-american freedom sensations [03:16.11]Against red china the united nations [03:17.94] [03:20.40]Now all the news commentators and the cia [03:23.32]Are saying thank god for coincidence