Vasili

Song Vasili
Artist David Rovics
Album Into A Prism

Lyrics

[00:00.000] 作曲 : David Stefan Rovics
[00:07.537] The Beach Boys were playing on the radio
[00:11.612] The Beatles were singing “Love Me Do
[00:15.373] Lolita was playing in the cinemas
[00:18.952] It was October 1962
[00:23.367] Ken Kesey published One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
[00:27.520] John Glenn orbited the Earth
[00:31.230] Australia had just won the most gold medals
[00:34.939] At the Commonwealth Games in Perth
[00:39.040] The boomers were just getting into high school
[00:43.037] Dylan first sang “Blowin’ In the Wind
[00:47.530] The US Army had just started their war
[00:50.978] Against the Viet Minh
[00:54.792] On the day Vasili saved the world
[01:01.375]
[01:07.331] “If I Had A Hammer” was in the Billboard charts《
[01:11.014] An Air Force jet crashed into the sea
[01:14.933] The first Black student had been admitted
[01:18.747] To Ole Miss University
[01:22.299] Hewlett-Packard sold a Personal Computer
[01:26.191] But it wouldn’t really take off for a while
[01:30.371] Jackie had just come back from a trip to India
[01:34.133] Plunging necklines were the latest summer style
[01:38.103] Algeria had just won their independence
[01:42.100] Korea was rebuilding from the war
[01:46.149] The Russian River had just flooded
[01:50.877] A couple of weeks before
[01:54.273] On the day Vasili saved the world
[01:59.733]
[02:06.080] The CIA was running Operation Mongoose
[02:09.738] Killing Cubans in their factories and streets
[02:13.760] The US was giving up for an invasion
[02:17.365] Still smarting from the Bay of Pigs defeat
[02:21.597] The Soviets had sent missiles to Havana
[02:25.019] To protect themselves and their Cuban friends
[02:28.807] Then the US Navy blockaded Cuba’s harbors
[02:32.647] And there was no telling how this thing would end
[02:37.453] Khruschev got on TV to make it very clear
[02:41.267] Cuba is a sovereign state
[02:45.708] And if our ships are attacked
[02:49.418] We will retaliate
[02:53.284] On the day Vasili saved the world
[02:58.874]
[03:05.744] Vice Admiral Vasili Arkhipov was standing at his post
[03:09.427] On a Soviet Navy submarine
[03:13.267] They were on patrol in international waters
[03:17.473] One actor in a terrifying scene
[03:21.470] They were out of radio contact, deep beneath the water
[03:25.336] When the sub began to shake and crack
[03:29.777] The Captain said “arm the nuclear torpedoes
[03:34.348] We’re under attack”
[03:37.483] The Americans were bombing them, but in order to respond
[03:41.375] Three officers had to say “go”
[03:46.443] Two were in agreement
[03:49.212] But for some reason the Vice Admiral said “no”
[03:56.004] On the day Vasili saved the world
[04:04.304] On the day Vasili saved the world

Pinyin

[00:00.000] zuò qǔ : David Stefan Rovics
[00:07.537] The Beach Boys were playing on the radio
[00:11.612] The Beatles were singing " Love Me Do
[00:15.373] Lolita was playing in the cinemas
[00:18.952] It was October 1962
[00:23.367] Ken Kesey published One Flew Over the Cuckoo' s Nest
[00:27.520] John Glenn orbited the Earth
[00:31.230] Australia had just won the most gold medals
[00:34.939] At the Commonwealth Games in Perth
[00:39.040] The boomers were just getting into high school
[00:43.037] Dylan first sang " Blowin' In the Wind
[00:47.530] The US Army had just started their war
[00:50.978] Against the Viet Minh
[00:54.792] On the day Vasili saved the world
[01:01.375]
[01:07.331] " If I Had A Hammer" was in the Billboard charts
[01:11.014] An Air Force jet crashed into the sea
[01:14.933] The first Black student had been admitted
[01:18.747] To Ole Miss University
[01:22.299] HewlettPackard sold a Personal Computer
[01:26.191] But it wouldn' t really take off for a while
[01:30.371] Jackie had just come back from a trip to India
[01:34.133] Plunging necklines were the latest summer style
[01:38.103] Algeria had just won their independence
[01:42.100] Korea was rebuilding from the war
[01:46.149] The Russian River had just flooded
[01:50.877] A couple of weeks before
[01:54.273] On the day Vasili saved the world
[01:59.733]
[02:06.080] The CIA was running Operation Mongoose
[02:09.738] Killing Cubans in their factories and streets
[02:13.760] The US was giving up for an invasion
[02:17.365] Still smarting from the Bay of Pigs defeat
[02:21.597] The Soviets had sent missiles to Havana
[02:25.019] To protect themselves and their Cuban friends
[02:28.807] Then the US Navy blockaded Cuba' s harbors
[02:32.647] And there was no telling how this thing would end
[02:37.453] Khruschev got on TV to make it very clear
[02:41.267] Cuba is a sovereign state
[02:45.708] And if our ships are attacked
[02:49.418] We will retaliate
[02:53.284] On the day Vasili saved the world
[02:58.874]
[03:05.744] Vice Admiral Vasili Arkhipov was standing at his post
[03:09.427] On a Soviet Navy submarine
[03:13.267] They were on patrol in international waters
[03:17.473] One actor in a terrifying scene
[03:21.470] They were out of radio contact, deep beneath the water
[03:25.336] When the sub began to shake and crack
[03:29.777] The Captain said " arm the nuclear torpedoes
[03:34.348] We' re under attack"
[03:37.483] The Americans were bombing them, but in order to respond
[03:41.375] Three officers had to say " go"
[03:46.443] Two were in agreement
[03:49.212] But for some reason the Vice Admiral said " no"
[03:56.004] On the day Vasili saved the world
[04:04.304] On the day Vasili saved the world