[ti:John Brown] [ar:Bob Dylan] [al:Radio Session Chicago 1963] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]John Brown (Live) - Bob Dylan [00:01.92]John brown went off to war to fight on a foreign shore [00:06.96]His mama sure was proud of him [00:11.73]He stood so straight and tall in his uniform and all [00:16.40]His mama's face broke out into a grin [00:21.29]Oh son you look so fine I'm glad you're a son of mine [00:27.12]Make me proud to know you own a gun [00:31.94]Do what the captain says lot of medals you will get [00:36.28]We'll put them on the wall when you get home [00:40.80]That old train pulled out john's ma began to shout [00:46.18]Telling everyone in the neighborhood [00:50.33]That's my son that's about to go he's a soldier now you know [00:55.66]She made well sure her neighbors understood [01:01.60]She got a letter once in a while her face broke into a smile [01:06.47]She showed them to the people from next door [01:11.07]They bragged about her son with his uniform and gun [01:15.60]And these things you called a good old fashioned war [01:22.43]Then the letters ceased to come for a long time they did not come [01:27.25]Ceased to come for about ten months or more [01:31.62]Then when letter finally came saying go down and meet the train [01:36.19]Your son is coming back from the waring [01:51.26]She smiled and she went right down she looked up and all around [01:55.70]She did not see her soldier son in sight [02:00.23]When all the people passed she saw her son at last [02:04.73]When she did she could not believe her eyes [02:09.36]Oh his face was all shot up and his hand were blown away [02:13.84]And he wore a metal brace around his waist [02:18.52]He whispered kind of slow in a voice she didn't know [02:22.85]And she couldn't even recognize his face [02:38.75]Oh tell me my darling son tell me what they've done [02:43.44]How is it that you come to be this way [02:47.76]He tried his best to talk but his mouth could hardly move [02:52.43]And his mother had to turn her face away [02:56.96]Don't you remember ma when I went off to war [03:01.63]You thought it was the best thing I could do [03:05.79]I was on the battleground you were home acting proud [03:10.48]You weren't there standing in my shoes [03:14.84]And I thought when I was there lord what am I doing here [03:19.47]Trying to kill somebody or die trying [03:23.74]But the thing that scared me most when my enemy came close [03:28.42]And I saw that his face looked just like mine [03:33.35]Oh Lord Just like mine [03:42.83]And I couldn't help but think through the thunder rolling and stink [03:47.38]I was just a puppet in a play [03:51.93]And through the roar and smoke this string it finally broke [03:56.36]And a cannon ball blew my eyes away [04:03.07]As he turned away to go his mother was acting slow [04:07.86]Seeing the metal brace that helped him stand [04:12.44]But as he turned to leave he called his mother close [04:16.65]And he dropped his medals down into her hand [04:21.88]Oh Lord down to hand