Lyndon Johnson Told the Nation - tom paxton

[00:00.0]Lyndon Johnson Told the Nation - Tom Paxton
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[00:08.5]I got a letter from L B J
[00:10.32]我收到一封来自L.B.J的信
[00:10.32]It said this is your lucky day
[00:12.34]上面说今天是你的幸运日
[00:12.34]It's time to put your khaki trousers on
[00:16.41]是时候穿上你的卡其色裤子了
[00:16.41]Though it may seem very queer
[00:18.21]
[00:18.21]We've got no jobs to give you here
[00:20.24]我们没有工作给你
[00:20.24]So we are sending you to Vietnam
[00:24.42]所以我们要送你去越南
[00:24.42]Lyndon Johnson told the nation
[00:26.34]林登·约翰逊告诉全国人民
[00:26.34]Have no fear of escalation
[00:28.12]不要害怕事态升级
[00:28.12]I am trying everyone to please
[00:32.47]我试着取悦每个人
[00:32.47]Though it isn't really war
[00:34.13]虽然这不是真的战争
[00:34.13]We're sending fifty thousand more
[00:36.18]我们要再送五万块
[00:36.18]To help save Vietnam from the Vietnamese
[00:40.41]把越南从越南人手中拯救出来
[00:40.41]I jumped off the old troop ship
[00:42.29]我跳下那艘破旧的军舰
[00:42.29]And sank in mud up to my hips
[00:44.19]深陷泥淖无法自拔
[00:44.19]I cussed until the captain called me down
[00:48.35]我大骂一通直到队长叫我倒下
[00:48.35]Never mind how hard it's raining
[00:50.18]不管雨下得多大
[00:50.18]Think of all the ground we're gaining
[00:52.06]想想我们取得的成就
[00:52.06]Just don't take one step outside of town
[00:56.15]千万不要出城一步
[00:56.15]Lyndon Johnson told the nation
[00:58.11]林登·约翰逊告诉全国人民
[00:58.11]Have no fear of escalation
[01:00.12]不要害怕事态升级
[01:00.12]I am trying everyone to please
[01:04.09]我试着取悦每个人
[01:04.09]Though it isn't really war
[01:05.98]虽然这不是真的战争
[01:05.98]We're sending fifty thousand more
[01:08.0]我们要再送五万块
[01:08.0]To help save Vietnam from the Vietnamese
[01:14.22]把越南从越南人手中拯救出来
[01:14.22]Every night the local gentry
[01:16.1]每天晚上都是本地的绅士
[01:16.1]Slip out past the sleeping sentry
[01:18.09]偷偷溜出沉睡的岗哨
[01:18.09]They go to join the old V see
[01:21.9]他们加入了我的队伍
[01:21.9]In their nightly little dramas
[01:24.07]每天晚上都在上演闹剧
[01:24.07]They put on their black pajamas
[01:26.09]他们穿上黑色睡衣
[01:26.09]And come lobbing mortar shells at me
[01:29.9]朝我倾泻火力
[01:29.9]When Lyndon Johnson told the nation
[01:32.09]当林登·约翰逊告诉全国人民
[01:32.09]Have no fear of escalation
[01:34.03]不要害怕事态升级
[01:34.03]I am trying everyone to please
[01:37.97]我试着取悦每个人
[01:37.97]Though it isn't really war
[01:39.83]虽然这不是真的战争
[01:39.83]We're sending fifty thousand more
[01:41.979996]我们要再送五万块
[01:41.979996]To help save Vietnam from the Vietnamese
[01:48.22]把越南从越南人手中拯救出来
[01:48.22]We go round in helicopters
[01:49.84]我们开着直升机四处游荡
[01:49.84]Like a bunch of big grasshoppers
[01:51.979996]就像一群大蚱蜢
[01:51.979996]Searching for the Viet Cong in vain
[01:56.06]寻找越共也徒劳无功
[01:56.06]They left a note that they had gone
[01:58.020004]他们留下一张纸条说他们走了
[01:58.020004]They had to get down to Saigon
[01:59.96]他们必须去西贡
[01:59.96]Their government positions to maintain
[02:03.9]他们的政府地位难以撼动
[02:03.9]And Lyndon Johnson told the nation
[02:05.96]林登·约翰逊告诉全国人民
[02:05.96]Have no fear of escalation
[02:07.95]不要害怕事态升级
[02:07.95]I am trying everyone to please
[02:12.1]我试着取悦每个人
[02:12.1]Though it isn't really war
[02:13.9]虽然这不是真的战争
[02:13.9]We're sending fifty thousand more
[02:16.02]我们要再送五万块
[02:16.02]To help save Vietnam from the Vietnamese
[02:21.93]把越南从越南人手中拯救出来
[02:21.93]Well here I sit in this rice paddy
[02:23.98]我坐在稻田里
[02:23.98]Wondering about big daddy
[02:25.95999]想知道我的厉害
[02:25.95999]And I know that Lyndon loves me so
[02:30.06]我知道林登深爱着我
[02:30.06]Yet how sadly I remember
[02:31.82]然而我记得多么悲伤
[02:31.82]Way back yonder in November
[02:33.94]很久以前十一月的时候
[02:33.94]When he said I'd never have to go
[02:37.7]当他说我永远不必离去时
[02:37.7]And Lyndon Johnson told the nation
[02:39.94]林登·约翰逊告诉全国人民
[02:39.94]Have no fear of escalation
[02:41.9]不要害怕事态升级
[02:41.9]I am trying everyone to please
[02:45.89]我试着取悦每个人
[02:45.89]Though it isn't really war
[02:47.69]虽然这不是真的战争
[02:47.69]We're sending fifty thousand more
[02:49.85]我们要再送五万块
[02:49.85]To help save Vietnam from the Vietnamese
[02:54.08499]把越南从越南人手中拯救出来