《The Sands of Iwo Jima》歌词

[00:00:00] The Sands of Iwo Jima - Drive By Truckers

[00:00:11] George a was at the movies in december '41

[00:00:16] They announced it in the lobby what had just gone on

[00:00:23] He drove up from birmingham back to the family's farm

[00:00:28] Thought he'd get him a deferment there's was much work to be done

[00:00:33] He was a family man even in those days

[00:00:39] But uncle sam decided he was needed anyway

[00:00:45] In the south pacific over half a world away

[00:00:50] He believed in god and country things was just that way

[00:00:55] Just that way

[00:01:13] When I was just a kid I spent every weekend

[00:01:18] On the farm me grew up on so I guess so did I

[00:01:24] And we'd stay up watching movies on the black and white TV

[00:01:29] We watched the sands of iwo jima starring john wayne

[00:01:47] Every year in june george a goes to a reunion

[00:01:52] Of the men that he served with and their wives and kids and grandkids

[00:01:58] My great uncle used to take me and I'd watch them recollect

[00:02:03] About some things I couldn't comprehend

[00:02:09] And I thought about that movie asked if it was that way

[00:02:14] He just shook his head and smiled at me in such a loving way

[00:02:20] As he thought about some friends he will never see again

[00:02:25] He said I never saw john wayne on the sands of iwo jima

[00:02:59] Most of those men are gone now but he goes still every year

[00:03:04] And george a's still doing fine especially for his years

[00:03:10] He's still living on that homestead in the house that he was born in

[00:03:16] And I sure wish I could go see him today

[00:03:21] He never drove a new car though he could easily afford it

[00:03:27] He'd just buy one for the family and take whatever no one wanted

[00:03:32] He said a shiny car didn't mean much after all the things he'd seen

[00:03:38] George a never saw john wayne on the sands of iwo jima

[00:03:49] George a never saw john wayne on the sands of iwo jima