[00:00.00] 作曲 : David Stefan Rovics
[00:04.57]I grew up in Lawrence, there by the water
[00:09.97]In the shadow of a textile mill
[00:14.42]Sometimes I feel just like that building
[00:19.10]Empty but standing there still
[00:24.46]I liked the President, I liked the union
[00:29.44]I believed in the Rights of Man
[00:34.12]So I signed up when it was time to fight ******
[00:39.00]And they sent me off to Japan
[00:44.89]I couldn't describe it, it was all just so bad
[00:49.39]I kept my head down, tried to stay alive
[00:53.91]I got shot in the leg, took me out of the action
[00:59.22]So I was lucky enough to survive
[01:04.05]I came home from the war, met a good woman named Maria
[01:09.51]We had ourselves a son
[01:14.68]When I first saw Jim's face, the first thing I thought
[01:19.19]I hope he never has to carry a gun
[01:24.31]It was a long time ago, another life that I had
[01:29.66]A little boy who called me dad
[01:42.61]I'd have terrible dreams of my time overseas
[01:48.00]But otherwise life was alright
[01:52.56]I had a job and a wife and a fine little lad
[01:57.71]With eyes so cheery and bright
[02:02.63]When his number came up I said let's move up north
[02:07.57]To Halifax, what do you say?
[02:12.49]But my Jim wouldn't have it, he said if I'm gonna be drafted
[02:17.52]I don't want to run away
[02:22.37]It was a long time ago, another life that I had
[02:27.27]A little boy who called me dad
[02:40.60]After just a few months the letters stopped coming
[02:45.59]And one morning a knock on the door
[02:50.55]Two nervous young men handed me a flag
[02:55.58]Said your son died in the war
[03:00.44]He gave his life for his country was what the man said
[03:05.19]He didn't believe it and neither did I
[03:10.52]I closed the front door, dropped the flag on the floor
[03:14.89]And I sat down in Jim's room and cried
[03:20.94]It was a long time ago, another life that I had
[03:25.56]A little boy who called me dad
[03:39.35]It was less than a year when my wife said to me
[03:44.15]You look so much like our little Jim
[03:49.64]She had to go, I don't blame her, you know
[03:54.34]I also remind me of him
[03:59.19]Now it's been forty years, I'd be a grandpa by now
[04:04.00]But instead I just sit here alone
[04:09.13]No one calls much these days, but anytime the phone rings
[04:13.61]I think maybe the boy's coming back home
[04:19.05]It was a long time ago, another life that I had
[04:24.26]A little boy who called me dad