John Oaks-Neil Young

[00:00.00] 作词 : Neil Young [00:01.00] 作曲 : Neil Young [00:07.00]John Oaks is in the neighborhood [00:09.74]Protecting all the trees [00:12.48]He's the master of irrigation [00:15.87]And he knows what he sees [00:18.78] [00:19.87]Grape farmers watering everywhere [00:22.52]Pipes running where they please [00:25.37]John sees his laws are broken [00:28.80]Trees drowning where they breathe [00:31.66] [00:32.29]Now John used to be a mellow man [00:36.39]Drinking Chai and smoking weed [00:38.94]Ain't no one in the county [00:42.39]Ever see'd whatever he see'd [00:45.23] [00:45.78]John Oaks, John Oaks [00:52.12]John Oaks, John Oaks [00:57.42] [00:58.61]Old John rides in his pickup [01:02.70]With rakes and friends in the back [01:05.85]Workers he takes with him [01:09.24]Then he drives them all back [01:11.83] [01:12.38]To protect them from the politicians [01:16.06]Using them to get ahead [01:18.81]Preying on the people [01:22.75]Trying to get inside their heads [01:25.29] [01:25.89]John Oaks is really stand-up [01:28.98]He won't take shit lying down [01:32.92]He calls it like he sees it [01:35.86]And he puts his money down [01:38.31] [01:38.71]John Oaks, John Oaks [01:44.00]John Oaks, John Oaks [01:50.38] [01:51.97]One day at the demonstration [01:55.81]John Oaks was standing up [01:59.05]He arrived there at the location [02:02.14]In his old pickup truck [02:05.18] [02:05.77]Took a rake in his hand [02:08.97]And his workers by his side [02:12.56]Stood there waiting for his turn [02:16.06]To speak and turn the tide [02:18.95] [02:19.50]When he found himself surrounded [02:22.79]By police everywhere [02:26.33]They tried to take his workers to jail [02:29.77]When he grabbed one by his hair [02:32.62] [02:33.02]John Oaks, John Oaks [02:36.51]John Oaks, John Oaks [02:46.29] [02:47.20][02:39.90]Shots rang out and people yelled [02:50.34]As the police took control [02:53.34]Shot a black man right where he fell [02:56.63]With a sniper on the knoll [02:59.47] [02:59.87]John Oaks saw law and order [03:03.41]Was leading him astray [03:06.91]Tried to get back in his pickup [03:10.09]With his workers to get away [03:12.94] [03:13.39]That's when the police moved in [03:16.38]And stood there in his way [03:19.64]John started up his pickup [03:23.28]And that was his last day [03:26.41] [03:26.91]John Oaks, John Oaks [03:33.19]John Oaks, John Oaks [03:39.52] [03:40.03]They said he had a pistol [03:57.67]When the old pickup backfired [04:00.96]And shot him there behind the wheel [04:05.14]And then John Oaks expired [04:08.49] [04:08.99]The workers grabbed the rakes [04:11.03]And that's all that I can say [04:14.52]They went to the cemetery [04:17.86]And they stay there to this day [04:21.51] [04:22.01]John Oaks, John Oaks [04:26.66]John Oaks, John Oaks [04:34.79] [04:35.44]John Oaks, John Oaks [04:49.32]John Oaks,John Oaks