Lyndon Johnson Told the Nation

[00:00.00]Lyndon johnson told the nation (LP版) - Tom Paxton
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[00:08.44]I got a letter from L B J
[00:10.08]我收到一封来自L.B.J的信
[00:10.08]It said this is your lucky day
[00:12.08]上面说今天是你的幸运日
[00:12.08]It's time to put your khaki trousers on
[00:16.01]是时候穿上你的卡其色裤子了
[00:16.01]Though it may seem very queer
[00:17.92]
[00:17.92]We've got no jobs to give you here
[00:19.94]我们没有工作给你
[00:19.94]So we are sending you to Viet Nam
[00:24.01]所以我们要送你去越南
[00:24.01]Lyndon Johnson told the nation
[00:25.98]林登·约翰逊告诉全国人民
[00:25.98]"Have no fear of escalation
[00:27.92]不要害怕事态升级
[00:27.92]I am trying everyone to please
[00:32.10]我试着取悦每个人
[00:32.10]Though it isn't really war
[00:33.85]虽然这不是真的战争
[00:33.85]We're sending fifty thousand more
[00:35.85]我们要再送五万块
[00:35.85]To help save Viet nam from Viet Namese "
[00:40.14]把越南从越南手里拯救出来
[00:40.14]I jumped off the old troop ship
[00:41.86]我跳下那艘破旧的军舰
[00:41.86]And sank in mud up to my hips
[00:43.79]深陷泥淖无法自拔
[00:43.79]I cussed until the captain called me down
[00:48.00]我大骂一通直到队长叫我倒下
[00:48.00]Never mind how hard it's raining
[00:49.97]不管雨下得多大
[00:49.97]Think of all the ground we're gaining
[00:51.95]想想我们取得的成就
[00:51.95]Just don't take one step outside of town
[00:55.84]千万不要出城一步
[00:55.84]Lyndon Johnson told the nation
[00:57.88]林登·约翰逊告诉全国人民
[00:57.88]"Have no fear of escalation
[00:59.74]不要害怕事态升级
[00:59.74]I am trying everyone to please
[01:03.93]我试着取悦每个人
[01:03.93]Though it isn't really war
[01:05.73]虽然这不是真的战争
[01:05.73]We're sending fifty thousand more
[01:07.73]我们要再送五万块
[01:07.73]To help save Viet nam from Viet Namese "
[01:14.28]把越南从越南手里拯救出来
[01:14.28]Every night the local gentry
[01:15.87]每天晚上都是本地的绅士
[01:15.87]Sneak out past the sleeping sentry
[01:17.90]偷偷溜出沉睡的岗哨
[01:17.90]They go to join the old VC
[01:21.82]他们去加入以前的VC
[01:21.82]In their nightly little dramas
[01:23.70]每天晚上都在上演闹剧
[01:23.70]They put on their black pajamas
[01:25.84]他们穿上黑色睡衣
[01:25.84]And come lobbing mortar shells at me
[01:29.70]朝我倾泻火力
[01:29.70]Lyndon Johnson told the nation
[01:31.78]林登·约翰逊告诉全国人民
[01:31.78]"Have no fear of escalation
[01:33.71]不要害怕事态升级
[01:33.71]I am trying everyone to please
[01:37.81]我试着取悦每个人
[01:37.81]Though it isn't really war
[01:39.57]虽然这不是真的战争
[01:39.57]We're sending fifty thousand more
[01:41.60]我们要再送五万块
[01:41.60]To help save Viet nam from Viet Namese "
[01:47.90]把越南从越南手里拯救出来
[01:47.90]We go round in helicopters
[01:49.54]我们开着直升机四处游荡
[01:49.54]Like a bunch of big grasshoppers
[01:51.84]就像一群大蚱蜢
[01:51.84]Searching for the Viet Cong in vain
[01:55.77]寻找越共也徒劳无功
[01:55.77]They left a note that they had gone
[01:57.78]他们留下一张纸条说他们走了
[01:57.78]They had to get down to Saigon
[01:59.79]他们必须去西贡
[01:59.79]Their government positions to maintain
[02:03.62]他们的政府地位难以撼动
[02:03.62]Lyndon Johnson told the nation
[02:05.71]林登·约翰逊告诉全国人民
[02:05.71]"Have no fear of escalation
[02:07.76]不要害怕事态升级
[02:07.76]I am trying everyone to please
[02:11.87]我试着取悦每个人
[02:11.87]Though it isn't really war
[02:13.66]虽然这不是真的战争
[02:13.66]We're sending fifty thousand more
[02:15.72]我们要再送五万块
[02:15.72]To help save Viet nam from Viet Namese "
[02:21.77]把越南从越南手里拯救出来
[02:21.77]Well here I sit in this rice paddy
[02:23.78]我坐在稻田里
[02:23.78]Wondering about Big Daddy
[02:25.75]想知道大老爹的事
[02:25.75]And I know that Lyndon loves me so
[02:29.75]我知道林登深爱着我
[02:29.75]Yet how sadly I remember
[02:31.66]然而我记得多么悲伤
[02:31.66]Way back yonder in November
[02:33.68]很久以前十一月的时候
[02:33.68]When he said I'd never have to go
[02:37.61]当他说我永远不必离去时
[02:37.61]Lyndon Johnson told the nation
[02:39.70]林登·约翰逊告诉全国人民
[02:39.70]"Have no fear of escalation
[02:41.58]不要害怕事态升级
[02:41.58]I am trying everyone to please
[02:45.62]我试着取悦每个人
[02:45.62]Though it isn't really war
[02:47.56]虽然这不是真的战争
[02:47.56]We're sending fifty thousand more
[02:49.58]我们要再送五万块
[02:49.58]To help save Viet nam from Viet Namese "
[02:54.05]把越南从越南手里拯救出来