歌词
''my shadow follows me
Wherever i should chance to go'',
John the gun did say.
''if you should chance to meet me
As i wander to and fro,
Sad would be your day.
My life is mine and the light did shine
Till the guns they did go through me,
So now i shall never fall.
Ideals of peace are gold which fools have found
Upon the plains of war.
I shall destroy them all.''
Chorus
Put away your guns of steel,
Death comes too soon for all.
Your master he may need you soon,
And you must heed his call.
''i am the master of the games
That you will hardly ever play,
So i will teach your sons.
And if they should die
Before the evening of their span of days,
Why, then they will die young.''
(chorus)
''condemn me not,
For always will i play the game of war,
In moonshine or in sun.
And if any cross the path i choose to tread,
Their chances they are poor.
My name is john the gun.''
(chorus)
专辑信息
1.Gerrard Street
2.She Moves Through The Fair (Acoustic Version)
3.Knocking On Heaven's Door (Live At The Troubadour)
4.Geordie
5.Who Knows Where The Time Goes (First Demo 1969)
6.Blues Run The Game
7.Sandy's Song (Take Away The Load)
8.Seven Virgins
9.Winter Winds (Studio Demo)
10.The Pond And The Stream (Studio Demo)
11.Dawn (Alternate Version)
12.By The Time It Gets Dark (Demo)
13.East Virginia
14.In Memory (The Tender Years)
15.It Ain’t Me Babe
16.Soho
17.I Love My True Love
18.Carnival (Home Demo)
19.Ethusel
20.Milk And Honey (Superior Re-Record)
21.Go Your Own Way My Love
22.They Don’t Seem To Know You
23.Autopsy (Demo)
24.Fotheringay (Acoustic Version)
25.Are The Judges Sane
26.A Little Bit Of Rain
27.Cradle Song
28.The Ballad Of Easy Rider
29.Come All Ye (Take 1)
30.You Never Wanted Me
31.Mr. Lacey (Sandy Lead Vocal Version)
32.The Sea (Studio Demo)
33.Matty Groves (Take 1)
34.Lord Bateman
35.A Sailors Life (First Version no Swarb)
36.Now And Then
37.Late November
38.Motherless Children
39.John The Gun
40.Next Time Around (Demo)
41.The Way I Feel (Alternate Version)
42.The Optimist (Demo)
43.Wretched Wilbur (Demo)
44.Crazy Lady Blues (Demo)
45.The North Star Grassman And The Ravens (BBC Session Live On One In Ten / 1971)
46.Blackwaterside (Alternate Take)
47.It'll Take A Long Time (Demo)
48.For Nobody To Hear (Extended Version)
49.Quiet Joys Of Brotherhood (Demo)
50.The Lady (Demo)
51.Bushes And Briars (Demo)
52.The Music Weaver (Demo)
53.Solo (Alternate Take)
54.Dark The Night (Alternate Take)
55.No End (Piano Version)
56.Friends (Alternate Take)
57.Whispering Grass (Demo)
58.The King And Queen Of England (Home Demo Alternate Take)
59.After Halloween (Home Demo)
60.Until The Real Thing Comes Along (Demo)
61.One More Chance (Alternate Take)
62.Stranger To Himself (Demo Version)
63.Down In The Flood (Live At The Troubadour)
64.What Is True? (Studio Demo)
65.Like An Old Fashioned Waltz (Live At The Troubadour)
66.Candle In The Wind (Piano Version)
67.Gold Dust (Gold Dust LP Version)
68.No More Sad Refrains (Live On Marc Time / 1975)
69.One Way Donkey Ride (Acoustic Version)
70.I Wish I Was A Fool For You (Gold Dust LP Version)
71.Full Moon
72.Moments [Acoustic Version (Actual Final Recording)]
73.Makes Me Think Of You (Demo)
74.Still Waters Run Deep (Acoustic Version)
75.I’m A Dreamer (Alternate Take)