[00:00.000] 作曲 : David Stefan Rovics
[00:07.537]The Beach Boys were playing on the radio
[00:11.612]The Beatles were singing “Love Me Do
[00:15.373]Lolita was playing in the cinemas
[00:18.952]It was October 1962
[00:23.367]Ken Kesey published One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
[00:27.520]John Glenn orbited the Earth
[00:31.230]Australia had just won the most gold medals
[00:34.939]At the Commonwealth Games in Perth
[00:39.040]The boomers were just getting into high school
[00:43.037]Dylan first sang “Blowin’ In the Wind
[00:47.530]The US Army had just started their war
[00:50.978]Against the Viet Minh
[00:54.792]On the day Vasili saved the world
[01:01.375]
[01:07.331]“If I Had A Hammer” was in the Billboard charts《
[01:11.014]An Air Force jet crashed into the sea
[01:14.933]The first Black student had been admitted
[01:18.747]To Ole Miss University
[01:22.299]Hewlett-Packard sold a Personal Computer
[01:26.191]But it wouldn’t really take off for a while
[01:30.371]Jackie had just come back from a trip to India
[01:34.133]Plunging necklines were the latest summer style
[01:38.103]Algeria had just won their independence
[01:42.100]Korea was rebuilding from the war
[01:46.149]The Russian River had just flooded
[01:50.877]A couple of weeks before
[01:54.273]On the day Vasili saved the world
[01:59.733]
[02:06.080]The CIA was running Operation Mongoose
[02:09.738]Killing Cubans in their factories and streets
[02:13.760]The US was giving up for an invasion
[02:17.365]Still smarting from the Bay of Pigs defeat
[02:21.597]The Soviets had sent missiles to Havana
[02:25.019]To protect themselves and their Cuban friends
[02:28.807]Then the US Navy blockaded Cuba’s harbors
[02:32.647]And there was no telling how this thing would end
[02:37.453]Khruschev got on TV to make it very clear
[02:41.267]Cuba is a sovereign state
[02:45.708]And if our ships are attacked
[02:49.418]We will retaliate
[02:53.284]On the day Vasili saved the world
[02:58.874]
[03:05.744]Vice Admiral Vasili Arkhipov was standing at his post
[03:09.427]On a Soviet Navy submarine
[03:13.267]They were on patrol in international waters
[03:17.473]One actor in a terrifying scene
[03:21.470]They were out of radio contact, deep beneath the water
[03:25.336]When the sub began to shake and crack
[03:29.777]The Captain said “arm the nuclear torpedoes
[03:34.348]We’re under attack”
[03:37.483]The Americans were bombing them, but in order to respond
[03:41.375]Three officers had to say “go”
[03:46.443]Two were in agreement
[03:49.212]But for some reason the Vice Admiral said “no”
[03:56.004]On the day Vasili saved the world
[04:04.304]On the day Vasili saved the world

作曲 : David Stefan Rovics
The Beach Boys were playing on the radio
The Beatles were singing “Love Me Do
Lolita was playing in the cinemas
It was October 1962
Ken Kesey published One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
John Glenn orbited the Earth
Australia had just won the most gold medals
At the Commonwealth Games in Perth
The boomers were just getting into high school
Dylan first sang “Blowin’ In the Wind
The US Army had just started their war
Against the Viet Minh
On the day Vasili saved the world
“If I Had A Hammer” was in the Billboard charts《
An Air Force jet crashed into the sea
The first Black student had been admitted
To Ole Miss University
Hewlett-Packard sold a Personal Computer
But it wouldn’t really take off for a while
Jackie had just come back from a trip to India
Plunging necklines were the latest summer style
Algeria had just won their independence
Korea was rebuilding from the war
The Russian River had just flooded
A couple of weeks before
On the day Vasili saved the world
The CIA was running Operation Mongoose
Killing Cubans in their factories and streets
The US was giving up for an invasion
Still smarting from the Bay of Pigs defeat
The Soviets had sent missiles to Havana
To protect themselves and their Cuban friends
Then the US Navy blockaded Cuba’s harbors
And there was no telling how this thing would end
Khruschev got on TV to make it very clear
Cuba is a sovereign state
And if our ships are attacked
We will retaliate
On the day Vasili saved the world
Vice Admiral Vasili Arkhipov was standing at his post
On a Soviet Navy submarine
They were on patrol in international waters
One actor in a terrifying scene
They were out of radio contact, deep beneath the water
When the sub began to shake and crack
The Captain said “arm the nuclear torpedoes
We’re under attack”
The Americans were bombing them, but in order to respond
Three officers had to say “go”
Two were in agreement
But for some reason the Vice Admiral said “no”
On the day Vasili saved the world
On the day Vasili saved the world