Talking Vietnam Blues - Phil Ochs.mp3

[00:00.000] 作词 : Phil Ochs
[00:01.000] 作曲 : Phil Ochs
[00:13.320]Sailing over to vietnam
[00:15.253]Southeast asian birmingham
[00:18.926]Well training is the word we use
[00:20.869]Nice word to have in case we lose
[00:24.597]Training a million vietnamese
[00:27.436]To fight for the wrong government and the american way
[00:33.907]Well they put me in a barracks house
[00:36.256]Just across the way from laos
[00:39.549]They said you're pretty safe when the troops deploy
[00:41.764]But don't turn your back on your house boy
[00:45.289]When they ring the gong
[00:48.187]Watch out for the viet-cong
[00:53.667]Well the sergeant said it's time to train
[00:55.838]So I climbed aboard my helicopter plane
[00:59.634]We flew above the battle ground
[01:01.775]A sniper tried to shoot us down
[01:05.997]He must have forgotten we're only trainees
[01:10.007]Them commies never fight fair
[01:15.382]Friends the very next day we trained some more
[01:17.468]We burned some villages down to the floor
[01:20.877]Yes we burned out the jungles far and wide
[01:23.153]Made sure those red apes had no place left to hide
[01:28.095]Threw all the people in relocation camps
[01:31.217]Under lock and key made damn sure they're free
[01:36.903]Well I walked through the jungle and around the bend
[01:38.981]Who should I meet but the ghost president diem
[01:42.608]Said you're fighting to keep vietnam free
[01:45.084]For good old democracy
[01:48.861]That means rule by one family
[01:51.140]And 15 000 american troops give or take a few
[01:56.342]Thousand
[01:58.942]American
[02:01.288]Troops
[02:03.528]He said I was a fine old christian man
[02:05.734]Ruling this backward buddhist land
[02:09.279]Well it ain't much but what the heck
[02:11.168]It sure beats hell out of chiang kai-shek
[02:14.631]I'm the power elite
[02:17.449]Me and the 7th fleet
[02:22.172]He said meet my sister madam nhu
[02:24.334]The sweetheart of dien bien phu
[02:27.879]He said meet my brothers meet my aunts
[02:30.127]With the government that doesn't take a chance
[02:35.103]Families that slay together
[02:37.588]Stay together
[02:41.981]Said if you want to stay you'll have to pay
[02:44.256]Over a million dollars a day but it's worth it all don't you see
[02:49.825]If you lose the country you'll still have me
[02:53.381]Me and syngman rhee chiang kai-shek madam nhu
[02:59.318]Like I said on 'meet the press'
[03:01.470]I regret that I have but one country to give for my life
[03:08.397]Well now old dien is gone and dead
[03:10.494]All the new leaders are anti-red
[03:14.109]Yes they're pro-american freedom sensations
[03:16.543]Against red china the united nations
[03:20.824]Now all the news commentators and the cia
[03:24.226]Are saying thank god for coincidence