letra de the ballad of booth - victor garber & patrick cassidy
[balladeer]
someone tell the story
someone sing the song
every now and then the country
goes a little wrong
every now and then a madman’s
bound to come along
doesn’t stop the story—
story’s pretty strong
doesn’t change the song…
johnny booth was a handsome devil
got up in his rings and fancy silks
had him a temper but kept it level
everybody called him wilkes
why did you do it, johnny?
n0body agrees
you who had everything
what made you bring
a nation to its knees?
some say it was your voice had gone
some say it was booze
some say you k!lled a country, john
because of bad reviews
johnny lived with a grace and glitter
kinda like the lives he lived onstage
died in a barn, in pain and bitter
twenty-seven years of age
why did you do it, johnny?
throw it all away?
why did you do it, boy
not just destroy
the pride and joy
of illinois
but all the u.s.a.?
your brother made you jealous, john
you couldn’t fill his shoes
was that the reason, tell us, john—
along with bad reviews
he said
“d-mn you, lincoln
you had your way—
[booth]
tell ’em, boy!
[balladeer]
—with blood you drew out
of blue and gray!”
[booth]
tell it all!
tell them till they listen!
[balladeer]
he said:
“d-mn you, lincoln
and d-mn the day
you threw the ‘u’ out
of u.s.a!”
he said:
[booth]
hunt me down, smear my name
say i did it for the fame
what i did was k!ll the man who k!lled my country
now the southland will mend
now this bl–dy war can end
because someone slew the tyrant
just as brutus slew the tyrant—
[balladeer]
he said:
[balladeer & booth]
d-mn you, lincoln
you righteous wh0re!
[booth]
tell ’em!
tell ’em what he did!
[balladeer & booth]
you turned your spite into civil war!
[booth]
tell ’em!
tell ’em the truth!
[balladeer]
and more…
[booth]
tell ’em, boy!
tell ’em how it happened
how the end doesn’t mean that it’s over
how surrender is not the end!
tell ’em:
how the country is not what it was
where there’s blood in the clover
how the nation can never again
be the hope that it was
how the bruises may never be healed
how the wounds are forever
how we gave up the field
but we still wouldn’t yield
how the union can never recover
from that vulgar
high and mighty
n-gga lover
never—!
never. never. never
no, the country is not what it was…
d-mn my soul if you must
let my body turn to dust
let it mingle with the ashes of the country
let them curse me to h-ll
leave it to history to tell:
what i did, i did well
and i did it for my country
let them cry, “dirty traitor!”
they will understand it later
the country is not what it was…
[booth draws his gun, puts it to his head. blackout. a gunshot—bang!]
[balladeer]
johnny booth was a headstrong fellow
even he believed the things he said
some called him n0ble, some said yellow
what he was was off his head
how could you do it, johnny
calling it a cause?
you left a legacy
of butchery
and treason we
took eagerly
and thought you’d get applause
but traitors just get jeers and boos
not visits to their graves
while lincoln, who got mixed reviews
because of you, john, now gets only raves
d-mn you, johnny!
you paved the way
for other madmen
to make us pay
lots of madmen
have had their say—
but only for a day
listen to the stories
hear it in the songs
angry men don’t write the rules
and guns don’t right the wrongs
hurts a while, but soon the country’s
back where it belongs
and that’s the truth
still and all
d-mn you, booth!
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