歌曲 | The Great Goodnight |
歌手 | Magellan |
专辑 | Hundred Year Flood |
下载 | Image LRC TXT |
作曲 : Gardner | |
I was only four | |
I don't remember you | |
I have seen your pictures my whole life | |
Brother... in this great goodnight. | |
A black frame still protects those two | |
Letters from the President | |
They start out: On this day in May 1966 | |
For wounds received in action | |
Still hanging here after all of this time | |
Right next to your purple heart | |
In this great goodnight. | |
I do have this one hazy memory | |
I think you had me up on your shoulders | |
Playing on top of the world for a moment | |
That couldn't last (it never does) | |
I love this black and white of you | |
Playing the harmonica like a giant at our old house | |
Sitting on that green sofa | |
You were only 19 but to this kid | |
You were probably more like 43. | |
I read an old clipping from the paper | |
It said they prayed for you | |
At the church | |
Now I know everyone | |
In the photograph | |
Long before the memorial rose | |
Looking so much different than today | |
I haven't touched that stone of names | |
But I have a tracing of yours | |
On this day in May 1966 | |
For wounds received in action | |
Still hanging here after all of this time | |
Right next to your purple heart | |
In this great goodnight | |
But for some unknown reason | |
We never discussed it much growing up | |
I pieced together the | |
Whole story out of | |
That old trunk left in the attic | |
You'd been gone only 6 weeks | |
When the Army brass came | |
To the door knocking | |
Breaking the news -breaking our hearts | |
They broke the new to mom | |
She took it worse than anyone | |
She really believed- 'he didn't have to go | |
The draft missed him by a mile' | |
You could have walked away | |
But instead you had your final day in Vietnam | |
When they broke the new to mom | |
All I can say... she took it worse than anyone | |
She really believed he would make it back home | |
'He didn't have to go to Vietnam' | |
Here is what thay said; | |
They claymore went off and you went down | |
And you would have been ok | |
You would have been all right | |
But they could not get to you | |
The VC were everywhere | |
So the orders came.... | |
We can't pull Jack out | |
For him it's getting late | |
But a hundred men | |
Won't see tomorrow | |
If we don't quietly wait | |
'We can't pull Jack out'... | |
You knew exactly | |
What was happening | |
-why nobody came | |
You were a good soldier, | |
Keeping still | |
Holding out as long as you did | |
On this day in May 1966... | |
Within an hour you relaxed | |
Somehow everything seemed ok | |
Cause in your soul you knew | |
Your time in Nam had passed away | |
...my brother. | |
With your shirt wet with blood | |
And your forehead cool | |
You thanked the Lord | |
For this Great Goodnight | |
In this moment of acceptance | |
This Great Goodnight | |
Brought you a peace | |
You'd never known | |
In this Great Goodnight | |
The war raging on | |
In this Great Goodnight | |
.....my brother.... | |
But brother let me tell you | |
It's what I know | |
So maybe one day | |
We can fill in the blanks | |
Until we meet again - brother | |
I'll choose this memory | |
We'll keep remembering | |
What you did | |
In that great goodnight | |
You couldn't hear the medic | |
Yelling in your ear | |
While you dreamed of this | |
Kid back at home | |
Saying pick me up | |
So we can play | |
Brother let me tell you - | |
I remember | |
And I think you made it | |
In that Great Goodnight | |
In fact, it's the only thing | |
I remember | |
From that Great Goodnight | |
Well brother let me tell you... | |
It's what I know. | |
Maybe one day we will | |
Stand together | |
Until we meet again | |
I'll choose this memory | |
And thank you guys | |
For what you did | |
And what you tried to do | |
In this Great Goodnight | |
On this day in May | |
For wounds received in action | |
...and now I see, my brother | |
This is for you. | |
And someday you will see that this song | |
Was for you, my brother. | |
Now that dat has joined you - | |
I'm sure that he would agree | |
Got a son on my shoulder | |
And lots of work to do, brother. | |
...like was done with me. |
zuo qu : Gardner | |
I was only four | |
I don' t remember you | |
I have seen your pictures my whole life | |
Brother... in this great goodnight. | |
A black frame still protects those two | |
Letters from the President | |
They start out: On this day in May 1966 | |
For wounds received in action | |
Still hanging here after all of this time | |
Right next to your purple heart | |
In this great goodnight. | |
I do have this one hazy memory | |
I think you had me up on your shoulders | |
Playing on top of the world for a moment | |
That couldn' t last it never does | |
I love this black and white of you | |
Playing the harmonica like a giant at our old house | |
Sitting on that green sofa | |
You were only 19 but to this kid | |
You were probably more like 43. | |
I read an old clipping from the paper | |
It said they prayed for you | |
At the church | |
Now I know everyone | |
In the photograph | |
Long before the memorial rose | |
Looking so much different than today | |
I haven' t touched that stone of names | |
But I have a tracing of yours | |
On this day in May 1966 | |
For wounds received in action | |
Still hanging here after all of this time | |
Right next to your purple heart | |
In this great goodnight | |
But for some unknown reason | |
We never discussed it much growing up | |
I pieced together the | |
Whole story out of | |
That old trunk left in the attic | |
You' d been gone only 6 weeks | |
When the Army brass came | |
To the door knocking | |
Breaking the news breaking our hearts | |
They broke the new to mom | |
She took it worse than anyone | |
She really believed ' he didn' t have to go | |
The draft missed him by a mile' | |
You could have walked away | |
But instead you had your final day in Vietnam | |
When they broke the new to mom | |
All I can say... she took it worse than anyone | |
She really believed he would make it back home | |
' He didn' t have to go to Vietnam' | |
Here is what thay said | |
They claymore went off and you went down | |
And you would have been ok | |
You would have been all right | |
But they could not get to you | |
The VC were everywhere | |
So the orders came.... | |
We can' t pull Jack out | |
For him it' s getting late | |
But a hundred men | |
Won' t see tomorrow | |
If we don' t quietly wait | |
' We can' t pull Jack out'... | |
You knew exactly | |
What was happening | |
why nobody came | |
You were a good soldier, | |
Keeping still | |
Holding out as long as you did | |
On this day in May 1966... | |
Within an hour you relaxed | |
Somehow everything seemed ok | |
Cause in your soul you knew | |
Your time in Nam had passed away | |
... my brother. | |
With your shirt wet with blood | |
And your forehead cool | |
You thanked the Lord | |
For this Great Goodnight | |
In this moment of acceptance | |
This Great Goodnight | |
Brought you a peace | |
You' d never known | |
In this Great Goodnight | |
The war raging on | |
In this Great Goodnight | |
..... my brother.... | |
But brother let me tell you | |
It' s what I know | |
So maybe one day | |
We can fill in the blanks | |
Until we meet again brother | |
I' ll choose this memory | |
We' ll keep remembering | |
What you did | |
In that great goodnight | |
You couldn' t hear the medic | |
Yelling in your ear | |
While you dreamed of this | |
Kid back at home | |
Saying pick me up | |
So we can play | |
Brother let me tell you | |
I remember | |
And I think you made it | |
In that Great Goodnight | |
In fact, it' s the only thing | |
I remember | |
From that Great Goodnight | |
Well brother let me tell you... | |
It' s what I know. | |
Maybe one day we will | |
Stand together | |
Until we meet again | |
I' ll choose this memory | |
And thank you guys | |
For what you did | |
And what you tried to do | |
In this Great Goodnight | |
On this day in May | |
For wounds received in action | |
... and now I see, my brother | |
This is for you. | |
And someday you will see that this song | |
Was for you, my brother. | |
Now that dat has joined you | |
I' m sure that he would agree | |
Got a son on my shoulder | |
And lots of work to do, brother. | |
... like was done with me. |
zuò qǔ : Gardner | |
I was only four | |
I don' t remember you | |
I have seen your pictures my whole life | |
Brother... in this great goodnight. | |
A black frame still protects those two | |
Letters from the President | |
They start out: On this day in May 1966 | |
For wounds received in action | |
Still hanging here after all of this time | |
Right next to your purple heart | |
In this great goodnight. | |
I do have this one hazy memory | |
I think you had me up on your shoulders | |
Playing on top of the world for a moment | |
That couldn' t last it never does | |
I love this black and white of you | |
Playing the harmonica like a giant at our old house | |
Sitting on that green sofa | |
You were only 19 but to this kid | |
You were probably more like 43. | |
I read an old clipping from the paper | |
It said they prayed for you | |
At the church | |
Now I know everyone | |
In the photograph | |
Long before the memorial rose | |
Looking so much different than today | |
I haven' t touched that stone of names | |
But I have a tracing of yours | |
On this day in May 1966 | |
For wounds received in action | |
Still hanging here after all of this time | |
Right next to your purple heart | |
In this great goodnight | |
But for some unknown reason | |
We never discussed it much growing up | |
I pieced together the | |
Whole story out of | |
That old trunk left in the attic | |
You' d been gone only 6 weeks | |
When the Army brass came | |
To the door knocking | |
Breaking the news breaking our hearts | |
They broke the new to mom | |
She took it worse than anyone | |
She really believed ' he didn' t have to go | |
The draft missed him by a mile' | |
You could have walked away | |
But instead you had your final day in Vietnam | |
When they broke the new to mom | |
All I can say... she took it worse than anyone | |
She really believed he would make it back home | |
' He didn' t have to go to Vietnam' | |
Here is what thay said | |
They claymore went off and you went down | |
And you would have been ok | |
You would have been all right | |
But they could not get to you | |
The VC were everywhere | |
So the orders came.... | |
We can' t pull Jack out | |
For him it' s getting late | |
But a hundred men | |
Won' t see tomorrow | |
If we don' t quietly wait | |
' We can' t pull Jack out'... | |
You knew exactly | |
What was happening | |
why nobody came | |
You were a good soldier, | |
Keeping still | |
Holding out as long as you did | |
On this day in May 1966... | |
Within an hour you relaxed | |
Somehow everything seemed ok | |
Cause in your soul you knew | |
Your time in Nam had passed away | |
... my brother. | |
With your shirt wet with blood | |
And your forehead cool | |
You thanked the Lord | |
For this Great Goodnight | |
In this moment of acceptance | |
This Great Goodnight | |
Brought you a peace | |
You' d never known | |
In this Great Goodnight | |
The war raging on | |
In this Great Goodnight | |
..... my brother.... | |
But brother let me tell you | |
It' s what I know | |
So maybe one day | |
We can fill in the blanks | |
Until we meet again brother | |
I' ll choose this memory | |
We' ll keep remembering | |
What you did | |
In that great goodnight | |
You couldn' t hear the medic | |
Yelling in your ear | |
While you dreamed of this | |
Kid back at home | |
Saying pick me up | |
So we can play | |
Brother let me tell you | |
I remember | |
And I think you made it | |
In that Great Goodnight | |
In fact, it' s the only thing | |
I remember | |
From that Great Goodnight | |
Well brother let me tell you... | |
It' s what I know. | |
Maybe one day we will | |
Stand together | |
Until we meet again | |
I' ll choose this memory | |
And thank you guys | |
For what you did | |
And what you tried to do | |
In this Great Goodnight | |
On this day in May | |
For wounds received in action | |
... and now I see, my brother | |
This is for you. | |
And someday you will see that this song | |
Was for you, my brother. | |
Now that dat has joined you | |
I' m sure that he would agree | |
Got a son on my shoulder | |
And lots of work to do, brother. | |
... like was done with me. |