《Ballad of October 16》歌词

[00:00:00] Ballad Of October 16 - The Almanac Singers

[00:00:05] It was on a Saturday night

[00:00:08] And the moon was shining

[00:00:10] Bright

[00:00:11] They passed the conscription bill

[00:00:16] And the people

[00:00:18] They did say for many miles away

[00:00:22] 'Was the president and his boys on Capitol Hill

[00:00:27] Oh Franklin' Roosevelt told

[00:00:30] The people how he felt

[00:00:32] We damn near believed what he said

[00:00:37] He said "I hate war

[00:00:40] And so does Eleanor

[00:00:43] But we won't be safe 'till everybody's dead "

[00:00:57] When my poor old mother died

[00:01:00] I was sitting by her side

[00:01:03] A-promising to war I'd never go

[00:01:07] But now I'm wearing khaki jeans

[00:01:10] And eating army beans

[00:01:12] And I'm told that JP Morgan loves me so

[00:01:18] I have wandered over this land

[00:01:21] A roaming working man

[00:01:23] No clothes to wear

[00:01:25] And not much food to eat

[00:01:28] But now the government foots the bill

[00:01:30] Gives me clothes and feeds me swill

[00:01:33] Gets me shot and puts me underground six feet

[00:01:38] Oh Franklin' Roosevelt told the people how he felt

[00:01:43] We damn near believed what he said

[00:01:47] He said "I hate war and so does Eleanor

[00:01:52] But we won't be safe 'till everybody's dead "

[00:02:06] Why nothing can be wrong

[00:02:09] If it makes our country strong

[00:02:11] We gotta get tough to save democracy

[00:02:16] And though it may mean war

[00:02:18] We must defend Singapore

[00:02:20] This don't hurt you half as much as it hurts me

[00:02:25] Oh Franklin' Roosevelt told the people how he felt

[00:02:30] We damn near believed what he said

[00:02:34] He said "I hate war and so does Eleanor

[00:02:39] But we won't be safe 'till everybody's dead "