Buy a Gun for Your Son

Song Buy a Gun for Your Son
Artist Tom Paxton
Album Ramblin' Boy & Ain't That News

Lyrics

[00:02.018] Halleluiah, dads and mommies, cowboys, rebles, yanks and commies,
[00:05.707] buy yourselves some real red-blooded fun.
[00:08.826] If you want to make the grade,
[00:11.704] you've got to have a hand grenade,
[00:13.521] and a fully automatic G.I. gun (改进的M1911手枪).
[00:16.149] So buy a gun for your son right away, sir.
[00:20.352] Shake his hand like a man and let him play, sir.
[00:24.544] Let his little mind expand, place a weapon in his hand.
[00:28.993] For the skills he learns today will someday pay, sir.
[00:32.398] Pound that kid into submission,
[00:35.814] till he's mastered nuclear fission.
[00:37.389] Buy him plastic warheads by the store.
[00:40.549] Once he's got the taste of blood,
[00:43.159] He's gonna sneak up on his buddies,
[00:45.519] starting his own thermo-nuclear war.
[00:48.111] So buy a gun for your son right away, sir.
[00:52.856] Shake his hand like a man and let him play, sir.
[00:56.222] Let his little mind expand, place a weapon in his hand.
[01:00.672] For the skills he learns today will someday pay, sir.
[01:04.872] Buy him khakis and fartigues,
[01:07.487] and sign him up in little leagues,
[01:09.308] and give him calisthenics as a rule.
[01:12.185] Once you've banished fear and dread,
[01:15.335] then pat his seven-year-old head,
[01:17.436] and send him off to military school.
[01:20.576] So buy a gun for your son right away, sir.
[01:24.264] Shake his hand like a man and let him play, sir.
[01:27.927] Let his little mind expand, place a weapon in his hand.
[01:32.360] For the skills he learns today will someday pay, sir.
[01:36.825] Once he's grown to be a man,
[01:38.918] he might get tired of blasting granny,
[01:41.004] then you'll see a cisis coming on.
[01:43.600] Don't get worried, don't get nervous.
[01:46.993] Send that kid into service,
[01:49.086] let him rise into the Pentagon (本意五边形).
[01:51.956] At the Pentagon he'll rise.
[01:55.111] The president he will advice.
[01:57.210] His reputation growing all the while.
[02:01.004] With your picture on the wall,
[02:02.810] he'll get that long-awaited call,
[02:04.644] and press the firing buttons with a smile.
[02:08.041] So buy a gun for your son right away, sir.
[02:12.227] Shake his hand like a man and let him play, sir.
[02:16.054] Let his little mind expand, place a weapon in his hand.
[02:20.228] For the skills he learns today will someday pay, sir.

Pinyin

[00:02.018] Halleluiah, dads and mommies, cowboys, rebles, yanks and commies,
[00:05.707] buy yourselves some real redblooded fun.
[00:08.826] If you want to make the grade,
[00:11.704] you' ve got to have a hand grenade,
[00:13.521] and a fully automatic G. I. gun gǎi jìn de M1911 shǒu qiāng.
[00:16.149] So buy a gun for your son right away, sir.
[00:20.352] Shake his hand like a man and let him play, sir.
[00:24.544] Let his little mind expand, place a weapon in his hand.
[00:28.993] For the skills he learns today will someday pay, sir.
[00:32.398] Pound that kid into submission,
[00:35.814] till he' s mastered nuclear fission.
[00:37.389] Buy him plastic warheads by the store.
[00:40.549] Once he' s got the taste of blood,
[00:43.159] He' s gonna sneak up on his buddies,
[00:45.519] starting his own thermonuclear war.
[00:48.111] So buy a gun for your son right away, sir.
[00:52.856] Shake his hand like a man and let him play, sir.
[00:56.222] Let his little mind expand, place a weapon in his hand.
[01:00.672] For the skills he learns today will someday pay, sir.
[01:04.872] Buy him khakis and fartigues,
[01:07.487] and sign him up in little leagues,
[01:09.308] and give him calisthenics as a rule.
[01:12.185] Once you' ve banished fear and dread,
[01:15.335] then pat his sevenyearold head,
[01:17.436] and send him off to military school.
[01:20.576] So buy a gun for your son right away, sir.
[01:24.264] Shake his hand like a man and let him play, sir.
[01:27.927] Let his little mind expand, place a weapon in his hand.
[01:32.360] For the skills he learns today will someday pay, sir.
[01:36.825] Once he' s grown to be a man,
[01:38.918] he might get tired of blasting granny,
[01:41.004] then you' ll see a cisis coming on.
[01:43.600] Don' t get worried, don' t get nervous.
[01:46.993] Send that kid into service,
[01:49.086] let him rise into the Pentagon běn yì wǔ biān xíng.
[01:51.956] At the Pentagon he' ll rise.
[01:55.111] The president he will advice.
[01:57.210] His reputation growing all the while.
[02:01.004] With your picture on the wall,
[02:02.810] he' ll get that longawaited call,
[02:04.644] and press the firing buttons with a smile.
[02:08.041] So buy a gun for your son right away, sir.
[02:12.227] Shake his hand like a man and let him play, sir.
[02:16.054] Let his little mind expand, place a weapon in his hand.
[02:20.228] For the skills he learns today will someday pay, sir.