Johnny Cash《Ballad Of Ira Hayes》[MP3_LRC]

[00:00.00]90听音乐网 www.90T8.com  [00:13.97]Ira Hayes [00:17.12]Ira Hayes [00:20.88]Call him drunken Ira Hayes [00:24.69]He won't answer anymore [00:27.76]Not the whiskey drinkin' indian [00:30.24]Nor the marine that went to war [00:39.53]Gather round the deep there's a story I would tell [00:44.83]About a brave young indian [00:47.19]You should remember well [00:49.53]From the land of the pima indian [00:52.78]A proud and noble band [00:55.35]Who farmed the Phoenix valley in Arizona land [01:01.19]Down the ditches for a thousand years [01:03.10]The water grew Ira's peoples' crops [01:06.05]'till the white man stole the water rights [01:08.46]And the sparklin' water stopped [01:11.94]Now Ira's folks were hungry [01:14.41]And their land grew crops of weeds [01:17.09]When war came Ira volunteered [01:19.77]And forgot the white man's greed [01:23.05]Call him drunken Ira Hayes [01:25.67]He won't answer anymore [01:28.81]Not the whiskey drinkin' indian [01:31.23]Nor the marine that went to war [01:36.84]There they battled up iwo jima's hill [01:40.19]Two hundred and fifty men [01:42.68]But only twenty seven lived [01:45.40]To walk back down again [01:47.88]And when the fight was over [01:50.60]And when old glory raised [01:53.03]Among the men who held it high [01:55.49]Was the indian Ira Hayes [02:05.99]Call him drunken Ira Hayes [02:08.45]He won't answer anymore [02:11.58]Not the whiskey drinkin' indian [02:13.84]Nor the marine that went to war [02:22.41]Ira Hayes returned a hero [02:25.39]Celebrated through the land [02:27.77]He was wined and speeched and honored [02:30.75]Everybody shook his hand [02:33.01]But he was just a pima indian [02:36.09]No water no home no chance [02:38.49]At home nobody cared what Ira'd done [02:41.43]And when did the indians dance [02:44.66]Call him drunken Ira Hayes [02:47.13]He won't answer anymore [02:50.18]Not the whiskey drinkin' indian [02:52.43]Nor the marine that went to war [02:58.31]Then Ira started drinkin' hard [03:01.37]Jail was often his home [03:03.78]They'd let him raise the flag and lower it [03:06.20]Like you'd throw a dog a bone [03:11.29]He died drunk early one mornin' [03:14.68]Alone in the land he fought to save [03:17.10]Two inches of water in a lonely ditch [03:19.02]Was a grave for Ira Hayes [03:22.84]Call him drunken Ira Hayes [03:25.29]He won't answer anymore [03:28.31]Not the whiskey drinkin' indian [03:30.62]Nor the marine that went to war [03:35.81]Yeah call him drunken Ira Hayes [03:39.56]But his land is just as dry [03:42.30]And his ghost is lyin' thirsty [03:45.25]In the ditch where Ira died