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作曲 : David Stefan Rovics |
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I grew up in Lawrence, there by the water |
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In the shadow of a textile mill |
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Sometimes I feel just like that building |
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Empty but standing there still |
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I liked the President, I liked the union |
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I believed in the Rights of Man |
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So I signed up when it was time to fight ****** |
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And they sent me off to Japan |
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I couldn't describe it, it was all just so bad |
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I kept my head down, tried to stay alive |
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I got shot in the leg, took me out of the action |
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So I was lucky enough to survive |
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I came home from the war, met a good woman named Maria |
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We had ourselves a son |
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When I first saw Jim's face, the first thing I thought |
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I hope he never has to carry a gun |
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It was a long time ago, another life that I had |
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A little boy who called me dad |
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I'd have terrible dreams of my time overseas |
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But otherwise life was alright |
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I had a job and a wife and a fine little lad |
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With eyes so cheery and bright |
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When his number came up I said let's move up north |
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To Halifax, what do you say? |
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But my Jim wouldn't have it, he said if I'm gonna be drafted |
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I don't want to run away |
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It was a long time ago, another life that I had |
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A little boy who called me dad |
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After just a few months the letters stopped coming |
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And one morning a knock on the door |
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Two nervous young men handed me a flag |
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Said your son died in the war |
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He gave his life for his country was what the man said |
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He didn't believe it and neither did I |
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I closed the front door, dropped the flag on the floor |
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And I sat down in Jim's room and cried |
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It was a long time ago, another life that I had |
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A little boy who called me dad |
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It was less than a year when my wife said to me |
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You look so much like our little Jim |
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She had to go, I don't blame her, you know |
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I also remind me of him |
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Now it's been forty years, I'd be a grandpa by now |
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But instead I just sit here alone |
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No one calls much these days, but anytime the phone rings |
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I think maybe the boy's coming back home |
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It was a long time ago, another life that I had |
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A little boy who called me dad |
