The Thinking Man, John Henry

Song The Thinking Man, John Henry
Artist The Brothers Four
Album In Person

Lyrics

[00:00.000] 作词 : Master P, Shocker
[00:00.00] Now a famous American folktale
[00:09.27] When John Henry was a little baby
[00:12.74] he was sittin’ on his mammy’s knee
[00:16.53] well He picked up a slide rule and a book on mathematics
[00:19.98] sayin’, “Thinkin’s gonna be the job for me”
[00:23.76] sayin’, “Thinkin’s gonna be the job for me”
[00:33.50] When John Henry was just a little baby
[00:35.77] He decided when grew he was gonna be a thinkin’ man
[00:38.79] With a filter
[00:41.81] So he decided to go to college
[00:43.25] and study all about thinkin’
[00:46.10] He did and he learned all about
[00:47.93] algebry and thinkin’
[00:51.50] Geometry and thinkin’
[00:54.37] Trigonometry and thinkin’
[00:58.19] Calculus and thinkin’
[01:01.60] He always had trouble with English, though
[01:04.44] Grammer’s gonna be the death of me, Lord Lord
[01:08.90] Grammer’s gonna be the death of me
[01:12.48] He didn’t do too well in Greek either
[01:14.50] Homer’s gonna be the death of me, Lord Lord
[01:17.45] Homer’s gonna be the death of me
[01:21.16] Well John Henry finished college
[01:23.84] and became a very competent thinker
[01:25.31] Which is unusual
[01:26.73] And he went out into the business world where they do a lot of heavy thinkin’
[01:30.67] And got a job as a thinkin’ man
[01:31.49] Well this first job was with the John Burch Society,
[01:36.59] thinkin’ up communists .
[01:47.70] He had a little trouble with his next job though
[01:50.24] that was with the Ford Motor company, ha ha
[01:53.14] He thought up the etso
[01:58.54] Then John Henry got a job with the CIA
[02:01.36] Thinkin up excuses
[02:06.16] As you all know, the government is very economy minded
[02:11.36] Concerned with cuttin’ down on costs
[02:14.60] So one day, the CIA brought in an efficiency expert.
[02:17.19] Tryin to cut down on man power.
[02:20.60] He looked around and hollered out
[02:22.39] “Automation!”
[02:23.80] “Automation!”
[02:24.80] “Automation!”
[02:26.21] Now the experts said to John henry
[02:29.53] I’m gonna’ to bring me a computer ‘round
[02:33.24] I’m gonna’ to bring me a computer and electronic brain
[02:36.91] Cybernetics’ gonna’ put the answer down
[02:40.87] Computers help to keep the pay roll down
[02:44.33] Now the man who invented the computer,
[02:47.82] was from a place called MIT
[02:51.45] Well he punched out cards
[02:53.32] and tapes by the yards,
[02:55.18] on the nearer, my God to thee
[02:58.88] on the nearer, my God to thee
[03:06.80] Now John Henry said to the inventor,
[03:10.28] “oh your tubes don’t mean a damn
[03:14.00] All your wires and your circuits,
[03:15.89] they are just a modern quirk
[03:17.59] It’s never ever gonna’ beat a thinkin’ man
[03:21.38] They are never gonna’ beat the thinkin’ man
[03:25.46] So it was proposed that John Henry and the computer have a race
[03:29.40] The inventor punched out a card for the computer
[03:31.70] John Henry stepped into the isolation booth
[03:35.36] Ralph Edwards read him a question
[03:38.50] And the race was on
[03:40.18] John Henry started a thinkin’
[03:43.35] til’ his head glowed cherry red
[03:46.66] there was smoke from his ears and his eyes poured tears
[03:50.50] and he thunk til’ his brain dropped dead
[03:51.98] think, thank, thunk
[03:53.92] til’ his brain dropped dead.
[04:01.89] They took John Henry to the bughouse
[04:09.80] But still his legend grows.
[04:17.83] Now please don’t get us wrong,
[04:23.23] there’s a moral to this song,
[04:29.42] don’t ever doubt the thinkin’ power of men
[04:34.92] But, on the other hand,
[04:37.71] don’t ever sell your stock in IBM

Pinyin

[00:00.000] zuò cí : Master P, Shocker
[00:00.00] Now a famous American folktale
[00:09.27] When John Henry was a little baby
[00:12.74] he was sittin' on his mammy' s knee
[00:16.53] well He picked up a slide rule and a book on mathematics
[00:19.98] sayin', " Thinkin' s gonna be the job for me"
[00:23.76] sayin', " Thinkin' s gonna be the job for me"
[00:33.50] When John Henry was just a little baby
[00:35.77] He decided when grew he was gonna be a thinkin' man
[00:38.79] With a filter
[00:41.81] So he decided to go to college
[00:43.25] and study all about thinkin'
[00:46.10] He did and he learned all about
[00:47.93] algebry and thinkin'
[00:51.50] Geometry and thinkin'
[00:54.37] Trigonometry and thinkin'
[00:58.19] Calculus and thinkin'
[01:01.60] He always had trouble with English, though
[01:04.44] Grammer' s gonna be the death of me, Lord Lord
[01:08.90] Grammer' s gonna be the death of me
[01:12.48] He didn' t do too well in Greek either
[01:14.50] Homer' s gonna be the death of me, Lord Lord
[01:17.45] Homer' s gonna be the death of me
[01:21.16] Well John Henry finished college
[01:23.84] and became a very competent thinker
[01:25.31] Which is unusual
[01:26.73] And he went out into the business world where they do a lot of heavy thinkin'
[01:30.67] And got a job as a thinkin' man
[01:31.49] Well this first job was with the John Burch Society,
[01:36.59] thinkin' up communists .
[01:47.70] He had a little trouble with his next job though
[01:50.24] that was with the Ford Motor company, ha ha
[01:53.14] He thought up the etso
[01:58.54] Then John Henry got a job with the CIA
[02:01.36] Thinkin up excuses
[02:06.16] As you all know, the government is very economy minded
[02:11.36] Concerned with cuttin' down on costs
[02:14.60] So one day, the CIA brought in an efficiency expert.
[02:17.19] Tryin to cut down on man power.
[02:20.60] He looked around and hollered out
[02:22.39] " Automation!"
[02:23.80] " Automation!"
[02:24.80] " Automation!"
[02:26.21] Now the experts said to John henry
[02:29.53] I' m gonna' to bring me a computer ' round
[02:33.24] I' m gonna' to bring me a computer and electronic brain
[02:36.91] Cybernetics' gonna' put the answer down
[02:40.87] Computers help to keep the pay roll down
[02:44.33] Now the man who invented the computer,
[02:47.82] was from a place called MIT
[02:51.45] Well he punched out cards
[02:53.32] and tapes by the yards,
[02:55.18] on the nearer, my God to thee
[02:58.88] on the nearer, my God to thee
[03:06.80] Now John Henry said to the inventor,
[03:10.28] " oh your tubes don' t mean a damn
[03:14.00] All your wires and your circuits,
[03:15.89] they are just a modern quirk
[03:17.59] It' s never ever gonna' beat a thinkin' man
[03:21.38] They are never gonna' beat the thinkin' man
[03:25.46] So it was proposed that John Henry and the computer have a race
[03:29.40] The inventor punched out a card for the computer
[03:31.70] John Henry stepped into the isolation booth
[03:35.36] Ralph Edwards read him a question
[03:38.50] And the race was on
[03:40.18] John Henry started a thinkin'
[03:43.35] til' his head glowed cherry red
[03:46.66] there was smoke from his ears and his eyes poured tears
[03:50.50] and he thunk til' his brain dropped dead
[03:51.98] think, thank, thunk
[03:53.92] til' his brain dropped dead.
[04:01.89] They took John Henry to the bughouse
[04:09.80] But still his legend grows.
[04:17.83] Now please don' t get us wrong,
[04:23.23] there' s a moral to this song,
[04:29.42] don' t ever doubt the thinkin' power of men
[04:34.92] But, on the other hand,
[04:37.71] don' t ever sell your stock in IBM