[00:00.00]时代音乐网 www.78497.com  [00:02.46]John Brown (LIVE) - Bob Dylan [00:15.74]John Brown went off to war to fight on a foreign shore [00:19.40]His mama sure was proud of him [00:23.36]He stood so straight and tall in his uniform and all [00:27.10]His mama's face broke out into a grin [00:30.89]Oh son you look so fine I'm glad you're a son of mine [00:35.02]Make me proud to know you own a gun [00:38.55]Do what the captain says lot of medals you will get [00:42.27]We'll put them on the wall when you get home [00:45.86]That old train pulled out John's ma began to shout [00:50.07]Telling everyone in the neighborhood [00:53.52]That's my son that's about to go he's a soldier now you know [00:57.61]She made well sure her neighbors understood [01:01.18]She got a letter once in a while her face broke into a smile [01:05.19]She showed them to the people from next door [01:08.91]They bragged about her son with his uniform and gun [01:12.53]And these things you called a good old fashioned war [01:16.36]Then the letters ceased to come for a long time they did not come [01:20.33]Ceased to come for about ten months or more [01:24.03]Then when letter finally came saying Go down and meet the train [01:27.75]Your son is coming back from the waring [01:31.66]She smiled and she went right down she looked up and all around [01:35.50]She did not see her soldier son in sight [01:38.88]When all the people passed she saw her son at last [01:42.69]When she did she could not believe her eyes [01:46.39]Oh his face was all shot up and his hand were blown away [01:50.15]And he wore a metal brace around his waist [01:53.91]He whispered kind of slow in a voice she didn't know [01:57.84]And she couldn't even recognize his face [02:46.43]Oh tell me my darling son tell me what they've done [02:49.92]How is it that you come to be this way [02:53.60]He tried his best to talk but his mouth could hardly move [02:57.10]And his mother had to turn her face away [03:01.06]Don't you remember ma when I went off to war [03:05.03]You thought it was the best thing I could do [03:08.66]I was on the battleground you were home acting proud [03:12.23]You weren't there standing in my shoes [03:15.84]And I thought when I was there Lord what am I doing here [03:19.84]Trying to kill somebody or die trying [03:23.16]But the thing that scared me most when my enemy came close [03:26.73]I can see that his face looked just like mine [03:30.62]And I couldn't help but think through the thunder rolling and stink [03:34.38]I was just a puppet in a play [03:38.15]And through the roar and smoke this string it finally broke [03:41.71]And a cannon ball blew my eyes away [03:56.72]As he turned away to go his mother was acting slow [04:00.62]Seeing the metal brace that helped him stand [04:04.13]But as he turned to leave he called his mother close [04:07.63]And he dropped his medals down into her hand