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Song He Called Me Dad
Artist David Rovics
Album Meanwhile in Afghanistan (Solo Acoustic)
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[00:00.00] 作曲 : David Stefan Rovics
[00:04.57] I grew up in Lawrence, there by the water
[00:09.97] In the shadow of a textile mill
[00:14.42] Sometimes I feel just like that building
[00:19.10] Empty but standing there still
[00:24.46] I liked the President, I liked the union
[00:29.44] I believed in the Rights of Man
[00:34.12] So I signed up when it was time to fight ******
[00:39.00] And they sent me off to Japan
[00:44.89] I couldn't describe it, it was all just so bad
[00:49.39] I kept my head down, tried to stay alive
[00:53.91] I got shot in the leg, took me out of the action
[00:59.22] So I was lucky enough to survive
[01:04.05] I came home from the war, met a good woman named Maria
[01:09.51] We had ourselves a son
[01:14.68] When I first saw Jim's face, the first thing I thought
[01:19.19] I hope he never has to carry a gun
[01:24.31] It was a long time ago, another life that I had
[01:29.66] A little boy who called me dad
[01:42.61] I'd have terrible dreams of my time overseas
[01:48.00] But otherwise life was alright
[01:52.56] I had a job and a wife and a fine little lad
[01:57.71] With eyes so cheery and bright
[02:02.63] When his number came up I said let's move up north
[02:07.57] To Halifax, what do you say?
[02:12.49] But my Jim wouldn't have it, he said if I'm gonna be drafted
[02:17.52] I don't want to run away
[02:22.37] It was a long time ago, another life that I had
[02:27.27] A little boy who called me dad
[02:40.60] After just a few months the letters stopped coming
[02:45.59] And one morning a knock on the door
[02:50.55] Two nervous young men handed me a flag
[02:55.58] Said your son died in the war
[03:00.44] He gave his life for his country was what the man said
[03:05.19] He didn't believe it and neither did I
[03:10.52] I closed the front door, dropped the flag on the floor
[03:14.89] And I sat down in Jim's room and cried
[03:20.94] It was a long time ago, another life that I had
[03:25.56] A little boy who called me dad
[03:39.35] It was less than a year when my wife said to me
[03:44.15] You look so much like our little Jim
[03:49.64] She had to go, I don't blame her, you know
[03:54.34] I also remind me of him
[03:59.19] Now it's been forty years, I'd be a grandpa by now
[04:04.00] But instead I just sit here alone
[04:09.13] No one calls much these days, but anytime the phone rings
[04:13.61] I think maybe the boy's coming back home
[04:19.05] It was a long time ago, another life that I had
[04:24.26] A little boy who called me dad
[00:00.00] zuo qu : David Stefan Rovics
[00:04.57] I grew up in Lawrence, there by the water
[00:09.97] In the shadow of a textile mill
[00:14.42] Sometimes I feel just like that building
[00:19.10] Empty but standing there still
[00:24.46] I liked the President, I liked the union
[00:29.44] I believed in the Rights of Man
[00:34.12] So I signed up when it was time to fight
[00:39.00] And they sent me off to Japan
[00:44.89] I couldn' t describe it, it was all just so bad
[00:49.39] I kept my head down, tried to stay alive
[00:53.91] I got shot in the leg, took me out of the action
[00:59.22] So I was lucky enough to survive
[01:04.05] I came home from the war, met a good woman named Maria
[01:09.51] We had ourselves a son
[01:14.68] When I first saw Jim' s face, the first thing I thought
[01:19.19] I hope he never has to carry a gun
[01:24.31] It was a long time ago, another life that I had
[01:29.66] A little boy who called me dad
[01:42.61] I' d have terrible dreams of my time overseas
[01:48.00] But otherwise life was alright
[01:52.56] I had a job and a wife and a fine little lad
[01:57.71] With eyes so cheery and bright
[02:02.63] When his number came up I said let' s move up north
[02:07.57] To Halifax, what do you say?
[02:12.49] But my Jim wouldn' t have it, he said if I' m gonna be drafted
[02:17.52] I don' t want to run away
[02:22.37] It was a long time ago, another life that I had
[02:27.27] A little boy who called me dad
[02:40.60] After just a few months the letters stopped coming
[02:45.59] And one morning a knock on the door
[02:50.55] Two nervous young men handed me a flag
[02:55.58] Said your son died in the war
[03:00.44] He gave his life for his country was what the man said
[03:05.19] He didn' t believe it and neither did I
[03:10.52] I closed the front door, dropped the flag on the floor
[03:14.89] And I sat down in Jim' s room and cried
[03:20.94] It was a long time ago, another life that I had
[03:25.56] A little boy who called me dad
[03:39.35] It was less than a year when my wife said to me
[03:44.15] You look so much like our little Jim
[03:49.64] She had to go, I don' t blame her, you know
[03:54.34] I also remind me of him
[03:59.19] Now it' s been forty years, I' d be a grandpa by now
[04:04.00] But instead I just sit here alone
[04:09.13] No one calls much these days, but anytime the phone rings
[04:13.61] I think maybe the boy' s coming back home
[04:19.05] It was a long time ago, another life that I had
[04:24.26] A little boy who called me dad
[00:00.00] zuò qǔ : David Stefan Rovics
[00:04.57] I grew up in Lawrence, there by the water
[00:09.97] In the shadow of a textile mill
[00:14.42] Sometimes I feel just like that building
[00:19.10] Empty but standing there still
[00:24.46] I liked the President, I liked the union
[00:29.44] I believed in the Rights of Man
[00:34.12] So I signed up when it was time to fight
[00:39.00] And they sent me off to Japan
[00:44.89] I couldn' t describe it, it was all just so bad
[00:49.39] I kept my head down, tried to stay alive
[00:53.91] I got shot in the leg, took me out of the action
[00:59.22] So I was lucky enough to survive
[01:04.05] I came home from the war, met a good woman named Maria
[01:09.51] We had ourselves a son
[01:14.68] When I first saw Jim' s face, the first thing I thought
[01:19.19] I hope he never has to carry a gun
[01:24.31] It was a long time ago, another life that I had
[01:29.66] A little boy who called me dad
[01:42.61] I' d have terrible dreams of my time overseas
[01:48.00] But otherwise life was alright
[01:52.56] I had a job and a wife and a fine little lad
[01:57.71] With eyes so cheery and bright
[02:02.63] When his number came up I said let' s move up north
[02:07.57] To Halifax, what do you say?
[02:12.49] But my Jim wouldn' t have it, he said if I' m gonna be drafted
[02:17.52] I don' t want to run away
[02:22.37] It was a long time ago, another life that I had
[02:27.27] A little boy who called me dad
[02:40.60] After just a few months the letters stopped coming
[02:45.59] And one morning a knock on the door
[02:50.55] Two nervous young men handed me a flag
[02:55.58] Said your son died in the war
[03:00.44] He gave his life for his country was what the man said
[03:05.19] He didn' t believe it and neither did I
[03:10.52] I closed the front door, dropped the flag on the floor
[03:14.89] And I sat down in Jim' s room and cried
[03:20.94] It was a long time ago, another life that I had
[03:25.56] A little boy who called me dad
[03:39.35] It was less than a year when my wife said to me
[03:44.15] You look so much like our little Jim
[03:49.64] She had to go, I don' t blame her, you know
[03:54.34] I also remind me of him
[03:59.19] Now it' s been forty years, I' d be a grandpa by now
[04:04.00] But instead I just sit here alone
[04:09.13] No one calls much these days, but anytime the phone rings
[04:13.61] I think maybe the boy' s coming back home
[04:19.05] It was a long time ago, another life that I had
[04:24.26] A little boy who called me dad
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