歌词
It was on a Saturday night and the moon was shing bright
那是一个星期六的晚上，月光皎洁
They passed the conscription bill
他们通过了征兵法案
And the people they did say for many miles away
他们说的那些人远在千里之外
Was the president and his boys on capitol hill
而总统和他的孩子们在国会山
Oh Franklin Roosevelt told the people how he felt
噢，富兰克林·罗斯福把他的感受告诉了人民
We damned near believed what he said
我们几乎相信他说的话
He said I hate war and so does Eleanor
他说我讨厌战争，埃莉诺也是
But we won't be safe 'till everybody's dead
但只有大家都死了我们才安全
When my poor old mother died I was sitting by her side
当我可怜的老母亲去世时，我正坐在她身旁
A promising to war I'd never go
我发誓决不去打仗
But now I'm wearing khaki jeans and eating army beans
但现在我穿着卡其布牛仔裤，吃着军豆
And I'm told that J P morgan loves me so
我听说摩根大通非常爱我
I have wandered o'er this land a roaming working man
我曾在这片土地上漫游，一个游荡的工人
No clothes to wear and not much food to eat
没有衣服穿，也没有多少食物吃
But now the government foots the bill
但现在是政府买单
Gives me clothes and feeds me swill
给我衣服，喂我泔水
Gets me shot and puts me underground six feet
让我中弹，然后把我埋到地下六英尺下
Oh Franklin Roosevelt told the people how he felt
噢，富兰克林·罗斯福把他的感受告诉了人民
We damned near believed what he said
我们几乎相信他所说的话
He said I hate war and so does Eleanor
他说我讨厌战争，埃莉诺也是
But we won't be safe 'till everybody's dead
但只有大家都死了，我们才安全
Why nothing can be wrong if it makes our country strong
为什么只要能使我们的国家强大，就没有什么是错的
We got to get tough to save democracy
我们必须强硬起来，以拯救民主
And though it may mean war
虽然这可能意味着战争
We must defend singapore
我们必须保卫新加坡
This don't hurt you half as much as it hurts me
这对你的伤害还不到我的一半
Oh Franklin Roosevelt told the people how he felt
噢，富兰克林·罗斯福把他的感受告诉了人民
We damned near believed what he said
我们几乎相信他所说的话
He said I hate war and so does Eleanor
他说我讨厌战争，埃莉诺也是
But we won't be safe 'till everybody's dead
但只有大家都死了，我们才安全
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