《When Johnny Came Marching Home》歌词

[00:00:00] When Johnny Came Marching Home - David Rovics

[00:00:10] He got off the plane and looked at no one

[00:00:14] He walked down the tarmac in the direction of nowhere

[00:00:17] He followed the sun as it was setting

[00:00:21] Glad to be done with all the bloodletting

[00:00:25] There were no banners for the proud and the few

[00:00:28] Just workers in airports that do what they do

[00:00:32] Fuel up the planes unload the bags

[00:00:35] Along with the coffins all covered in flags

[00:00:41] When Johnny came marching home

[00:00:47] The town he was from was a dead little place

[00:00:50] So he looked for a job somewhere off base

[00:00:53] In this city of pawn shops and hotels and bars

[00:00:57] Gas stations strip clubs highways and cars

[00:01:01] He went to a dive ordered a beer

[00:01:04] Said turn the music up loud so it's all that

[00:01:07] I hear

[00:01:08] Try to rewind turn back the years

[00:01:12] Stop the explosions between my ears

[00:01:17] When Johnny came marching home

[00:01:23] The jobs were all sh and the beer it was

[00:01:25] Cheap

[00:01:26] And besides there was no other way he could sleep

[00:01:30] Still the screams and the guns would wake him at

[00:01:32] Night

[00:01:33] And he was always on edge and ready to fight

[00:01:37] And when he closed his eyes he would just see

[00:01:39] The face

[00:01:41] Of a woman he killed in a far away place

[00:01:45] Over and over the white of her eye

[00:01:48] And her final and terrible terrified cry

[00:01:53] When Johnny came marching home

[00:02:24] After just a short time his health fell apart

[00:02:28] With an ache in the joints and such a thump

[00:02:30] In the heart

[00:02:32] And the doctor just told him it's all in his

[00:02:34] Head

[00:02:35] But he couldn't stop drinking or get out of bed

[00:02:39] And with no place to go but the wrong way

[00:02:42] It was a shock to his ears when he heard

[00:02:45] Himself say

[00:02:46] Over and over to anyone within range

[00:02:50] Hey mister can you spare some change

[00:02:55] When Johnny came marching home