The Great Goodnight Lyrics

Song	The Great Goodnight
Artist	Magellan
Album	Hundred Year Flood
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	作曲 : Gardner
	I was only four
	I don't remember you
	I have seen your pictures my whole life
	Brother... in this great goodnight.
	A black frame still protects those two
	Letters from the President
	They start out: On this day in May 1966
	For wounds received in action
	Still hanging here after all of this time
	Right next to your purple heart
	In this great goodnight.
	I do have this one hazy memory
	I think you had me up on your shoulders
	Playing on top of the world for a moment
	That couldn't last (it never does)
	I love this black and white of you
	Playing the harmonica like a giant at our old house
	Sitting on that green sofa
	You were only 19 but to this kid
	You were probably more like 43.
	I read an old clipping from the paper
	It said they prayed for you
	At the church
	Now I know everyone
	In the photograph
	Long before the memorial rose
	Looking so much different than today
	I haven't touched that stone of names
	But I have a tracing of yours
	On this day in May 1966
	For wounds received in action
	Still hanging here after all of this time
	Right next to your purple heart
	In this great goodnight
	But for some unknown reason
	We never discussed it much growing up
	I pieced together the
	Whole story out of
	That old trunk left in the attic
	You'd been gone only 6 weeks
	When the Army brass came
	To the door knocking
	Breaking the news -breaking our hearts
	They broke the new to mom
	She took it worse than anyone
	She really believed- 'he didn't have to go
	The draft missed him by a mile'
	You could have walked away
	But instead you had your final day in Vietnam
	When they broke the new to mom
	All I can say... she took it worse than anyone
	She really believed he would make it back home
	'He didn't have to go to Vietnam'
	Here is what thay said;
	They claymore went off and you went down
	And you would have been ok
	You would have been all right
	But they could not get to you
	The VC were everywhere
	So the orders came....
	We can't pull Jack out
	For him it's getting late
	But a hundred men
	Won't see tomorrow
	If we don't quietly wait
	'We can't pull Jack out'...
	You knew exactly
	What was happening
	-why nobody came
	You were a good soldier,
	Keeping still
	Holding out as long as you did
	On this day in May 1966...
	Within an hour you relaxed
	Somehow everything seemed ok
	Cause in your soul you knew
	Your time in Nam had passed away
	...my brother.
	With your shirt wet with blood
	And your forehead cool
	You thanked the Lord
	For this Great Goodnight
	In this moment of acceptance
	This Great Goodnight
	Brought you a peace
	You'd never known
	In this Great Goodnight
	The war raging on
	In this Great Goodnight
	.....my brother....
	But brother let me tell you
	It's what I know
	So maybe one day
	We can fill in the blanks
	Until we meet again - brother
	I'll choose this memory
	We'll keep remembering
	What you did
	In that great goodnight
	You couldn't hear the medic
	Yelling in your ear
	While you dreamed of this
	Kid back at home
	Saying pick me up
	So we can play
	Brother let me tell you -
	I remember
	And I think you made it
	In that Great Goodnight
	In fact, it's the only thing
	I remember
	From that Great Goodnight
	Well brother let me tell you...
	It's what I know.
	Maybe one day we will
	Stand together
	Until we meet again
	I'll choose this memory
	And thank you guys
	For what you did
	And what you tried to do
	In this Great Goodnight
	On this day in May
	For wounds received in action
	...and now I see, my brother
	This is for you.
	And someday you will see that this song
	Was for you, my brother.
	Now that dat has joined you -
	I'm sure that he would agree
	Got a son on my shoulder
	And lots of work to do, brother.
	...like was done with me.

	zuo qu : Gardner
	I was only four
	I don' t remember you
	I have seen your pictures my whole life
	Brother... in this great goodnight.
	A black frame still protects those two
	Letters from the President
	They start out: On this day in May 1966
	For wounds received in action
	Still hanging here after all of this time
	Right next to your purple heart
	In this great goodnight.
	I do have this one hazy memory
	I think you had me up on your shoulders
	Playing on top of the world for a moment
	That couldn' t last it never does
	I love this black and white of you
	Playing the harmonica like a giant at our old house
	Sitting on that green sofa
	You were only 19 but to this kid
	You were probably more like 43.
	I read an old clipping from the paper
	It said they prayed for you
	At the church
	Now I know everyone
	In the photograph
	Long before the memorial rose
	Looking so much different than today
	I haven' t touched that stone of names
	But I have a tracing of yours
	On this day in May 1966
	For wounds received in action
	Still hanging here after all of this time
	Right next to your purple heart
	In this great goodnight
	But for some unknown reason
	We never discussed it much growing up
	I pieced together the
	Whole story out of
	That old trunk left in the attic
	You' d been gone only 6 weeks
	When the Army brass came
	To the door knocking
	Breaking the news breaking our hearts
	They broke the new to mom
	She took it worse than anyone
	She really believed ' he didn' t have to go
	The draft missed him by a mile'
	You could have walked away
	But instead you had your final day in Vietnam
	When they broke the new to mom
	All I can say... she took it worse than anyone
	She really believed he would make it back home
	' He didn' t have to go to Vietnam'
	Here is what thay said
	They claymore went off and you went down
	And you would have been ok
	You would have been all right
	But they could not get to you
	The VC were everywhere
	So the orders came....
	We can' t pull Jack out
	For him it' s getting late
	But a hundred men
	Won' t see tomorrow
	If we don' t quietly wait
	' We can' t pull Jack out'...
	You knew exactly
	What was happening
	why nobody came
	You were a good soldier,
	Keeping still
	Holding out as long as you did
	On this day in May 1966...
	Within an hour you relaxed
	Somehow everything seemed ok
	Cause in your soul you knew
	Your time in Nam had passed away
	... my brother.
	With your shirt wet with blood
	And your forehead cool
	You thanked the Lord
	For this Great Goodnight
	In this moment of acceptance
	This Great Goodnight
	Brought you a peace
	You' d never known
	In this Great Goodnight
	The war raging on
	In this Great Goodnight
	..... my brother....
	But brother let me tell you
	It' s what I know
	So maybe one day
	We can fill in the blanks
	Until we meet again brother
	I' ll choose this memory
	We' ll keep remembering
	What you did
	In that great goodnight
	You couldn' t hear the medic
	Yelling in your ear
	While you dreamed of this
	Kid back at home
	Saying pick me up
	So we can play
	Brother let me tell you
	I remember
	And I think you made it
	In that Great Goodnight
	In fact, it' s the only thing
	I remember
	From that Great Goodnight
	Well brother let me tell you...
	It' s what I know.
	Maybe one day we will
	Stand together
	Until we meet again
	I' ll choose this memory
	And thank you guys
	For what you did
	And what you tried to do
	In this Great Goodnight
	On this day in May
	For wounds received in action
	... and now I see, my brother
	This is for you.
	And someday you will see that this song
	Was for you, my brother.
	Now that dat has joined you
	I' m sure that he would agree
	Got a son on my shoulder
	And lots of work to do, brother.
	... like was done with me.

	zuò qǔ : Gardner
	I was only four
	I don' t remember you
	I have seen your pictures my whole life
	Brother... in this great goodnight.
	A black frame still protects those two
	Letters from the President
	They start out: On this day in May 1966
	For wounds received in action
	Still hanging here after all of this time
	Right next to your purple heart
	In this great goodnight.
	I do have this one hazy memory
	I think you had me up on your shoulders
	Playing on top of the world for a moment
	That couldn' t last it never does
	I love this black and white of you
	Playing the harmonica like a giant at our old house
	Sitting on that green sofa
	You were only 19 but to this kid
	You were probably more like 43.
	I read an old clipping from the paper
	It said they prayed for you
	At the church
	Now I know everyone
	In the photograph
	Long before the memorial rose
	Looking so much different than today
	I haven' t touched that stone of names
	But I have a tracing of yours
	On this day in May 1966
	For wounds received in action
	Still hanging here after all of this time
	Right next to your purple heart
	In this great goodnight
	But for some unknown reason
	We never discussed it much growing up
	I pieced together the
	Whole story out of
	That old trunk left in the attic
	You' d been gone only 6 weeks
	When the Army brass came
	To the door knocking
	Breaking the news breaking our hearts
	They broke the new to mom
	She took it worse than anyone
	She really believed ' he didn' t have to go
	The draft missed him by a mile'
	You could have walked away
	But instead you had your final day in Vietnam
	When they broke the new to mom
	All I can say... she took it worse than anyone
	She really believed he would make it back home
	' He didn' t have to go to Vietnam'
	Here is what thay said
	They claymore went off and you went down
	And you would have been ok
	You would have been all right
	But they could not get to you
	The VC were everywhere
	So the orders came....
	We can' t pull Jack out
	For him it' s getting late
	But a hundred men
	Won' t see tomorrow
	If we don' t quietly wait
	' We can' t pull Jack out'...
	You knew exactly
	What was happening
	why nobody came
	You were a good soldier,
	Keeping still
	Holding out as long as you did
	On this day in May 1966...
	Within an hour you relaxed
	Somehow everything seemed ok
	Cause in your soul you knew
	Your time in Nam had passed away
	... my brother.
	With your shirt wet with blood
	And your forehead cool
	You thanked the Lord
	For this Great Goodnight
	In this moment of acceptance
	This Great Goodnight
	Brought you a peace
	You' d never known
	In this Great Goodnight
	The war raging on
	In this Great Goodnight
	..... my brother....
	But brother let me tell you
	It' s what I know
	So maybe one day
	We can fill in the blanks
	Until we meet again brother
	I' ll choose this memory
	We' ll keep remembering
	What you did
	In that great goodnight
	You couldn' t hear the medic
	Yelling in your ear
	While you dreamed of this
	Kid back at home
	Saying pick me up
	So we can play
	Brother let me tell you
	I remember
	And I think you made it
	In that Great Goodnight
	In fact, it' s the only thing
	I remember
	From that Great Goodnight
	Well brother let me tell you...
	It' s what I know.
	Maybe one day we will
	Stand together
	Until we meet again
	I' ll choose this memory
	And thank you guys
	For what you did
	And what you tried to do
	In this Great Goodnight
	On this day in May
	For wounds received in action
	... and now I see, my brother
	This is for you.
	And someday you will see that this song
	Was for you, my brother.
	Now that dat has joined you
	I' m sure that he would agree
	Got a son on my shoulder
	And lots of work to do, brother.
	... like was done with me.

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