《Salute To A Switchblade》歌词

[00:00:00] Salute To A Switchblade - Tom T. Hall

[00:00:04] Me and Yates an army buddy o'mine

[00:00:08] Were doin' three years in Germany at the time

[00:00:12] We came upon these Frauleins in the bar

[00:00:16] Yates said, "Darf isch zee be-gleit-en?", they said "Ya"

[00:00:20] And 'Darf isch zee be-gleit-en means?', 'Can we sit with you all?'

[00:00:26] Oh we must have drunk ten quarts of German beer

[00:00:30] My conscience and my sinuses were clear

[00:00:34] I asked that Fraulein if she was a spy

[00:00:38] She said, "Nein but do bis ain bissel high"

[00:00:43] A condition not uncommon to the American soldier

[00:00:47] Well, later on I went to be excused

[00:00:51] When I returned I was a bit confused

[00:00:55] Yates and his Fraulein had hit the air

[00:00:59] Another guy was sittin' in my chair

[00:01:04] A young soldier whom we shall get to know better

[00:01:09] I said, "Excuse me mister that's my seat

[00:01:13] I'd like to have it back sir if you please

[00:01:17] That girl's a nurse and I've been awful sick"

[00:01:21] The man looked up at me and said, "Mox-nix"

[00:01:26] Which means that he was not overly concerned with my health

[00:01:34] Next thing I knew he had a switchblade knife

[00:01:37] Oh Lord, I didn't know that Fraulein was his wife

[00:01:42] I took off through that Gasthaus like a fool

[00:01:46] Behind me I heard the crashing stools

[00:01:50] As the police would say, he was in hot pursuit

[00:01:56] Well, the waitress yelled there's MPs on the way

[00:02:00] That's one more reason I didn't want to stay

[00:02:04] As I went out the window somethin' went switch

[00:02:08] And I giggled all the way home knowin' he missed

[00:02:13] At the time it seemed like a laughing matter

[00:02:19] But next morning my coat was lyin' there on the bunk

[00:02:23] And when I saw that coat it made me jump

[00:02:27] That man had cut my coat right down the back

[00:02:31] A little bit more and they'd been playin' me taps

[00:02:36] And knowin' the sad nature of that song I would decline it

[00:02:41] Well, later on I heard that guy got stabbed

[00:02:46] They sent him home and didn't that make me glad

[00:02:50] On love and marriage I want to say one thing

[00:02:54] Oh lady, if you're married wear that ring

[00:02:58] And the army has a new policy if you can't move it, paint it

[00:03:04] If it has a switchblade knife, salute it

[00:03:09] Not necessarily an incident one would want to write mother about

[00:03:16] Germany being full of good soldiers and good people