Lyndon johnson told the nation (LP版) - Tom Paxton

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I got a letter from L B J

我收到一封来自L.B.J的信

It said this is your lucky day

上面说今天是你的幸运日

It's time to put your khaki trousers on

是时候穿上你的卡其色裤子了

Though it may seem very queer

We've got no jobs to give you here

我们没有工作给你

So we are sending you to Viet Nam

所以我们要送你去越南

Lyndon Johnson told the nation

林登·约翰逊告诉全国人民

"Have no fear of escalation

不要害怕事态升级

I am trying everyone to please

我试着取悦每个人

Though it isn't really war

虽然这不是真的战争

We're sending fifty thousand more

我们要再送五万块

To help save Viet nam from Viet Namese "

把越南从越南手里拯救出来

I jumped off the old troop ship

我跳下那艘破旧的军舰

And sank in mud up to my hips

深陷泥淖无法自拔

I cussed until the captain called me down

我大骂一通直到队长叫我倒下

Never mind how hard it's raining

不管雨下得多大

Think of all the ground we're gaining

想想我们取得的成就

Just don't take one step outside of town

千万不要出城一步

Lyndon Johnson told the nation

林登·约翰逊告诉全国人民

"Have no fear of escalation

不要害怕事态升级

I am trying everyone to please

我试着取悦每个人

Though it isn't really war

虽然这不是真的战争

We're sending fifty thousand more

我们要再送五万块

To help save Viet nam from Viet Namese "

把越南从越南手里拯救出来

Every night the local gentry

每天晚上都是本地的绅士

Sneak out past the sleeping sentry

偷偷溜出沉睡的岗哨

They go to join the old VC

他们去加入以前的VC

In their nightly little dramas

每天晚上都在上演闹剧

They put on their black pajamas

他们穿上黑色睡衣

And come lobbing mortar shells at me

朝我倾泻火力

Lyndon Johnson told the nation

林登·约翰逊告诉全国人民

"Have no fear of escalation

不要害怕事态升级

I am trying everyone to please

我试着取悦每个人

Though it isn't really war

虽然这不是真的战争

We're sending fifty thousand more

我们要再送五万块

To help save Viet nam from Viet Namese "

把越南从越南手里拯救出来

We go round in helicopters

我们开着直升机四处游荡

Like a bunch of big grasshoppers

就像一群大蚱蜢

Searching for the Viet Cong in vain

寻找越共也徒劳无功

They left a note that they had gone

他们留下一张纸条说他们走了

They had to get down to Saigon

他们必须去西贡

Their government positions to maintain

他们的政府地位难以撼动

Lyndon Johnson told the nation

林登·约翰逊告诉全国人民

"Have no fear of escalation

不要害怕事态升级

I am trying everyone to please

我试着取悦每个人

Though it isn't really war

虽然这不是真的战争

We're sending fifty thousand more

我们要再送五万块

To help save Viet nam from Viet Namese "

把越南从越南手里拯救出来

Well here I sit in this rice paddy

我坐在稻田里

Wondering about Big Daddy

想知道大老爹的事

And I know that Lyndon loves me so

我知道林登深爱着我

Yet how sadly I remember

然而我记得多么悲伤

Way back yonder in November

很久以前十一月的时候

When he said I'd never have to go

当他说我永远不必离去时

Lyndon Johnson told the nation

林登·约翰逊告诉全国人民

"Have no fear of escalation

不要害怕事态升级

I am trying everyone to please

我试着取悦每个人

Though it isn't really war

虽然这不是真的战争

We're sending fifty thousand more

我们要再送五万块

To help save Viet nam from Viet Namese "

把越南从越南手里拯救出来