When I was just a young boy, I played with swords and guns, and I dreamed of the day I'd become a soldier. 当我还是一个年轻的小伙子，我打了刀枪，我梦想有一天我会成为一名军人。

And kill all of the enemy, my country 'tis of thee. 和杀死所有的敌人，我的祖国你的。

I sing this anthem sadly, wont you hear me. 我唱中华民国国歌可悲的是，你不会听我的。

I watched the cannons blazing, on the giant silver screen. 我看着炽烈，巨银幕上的大炮。

The swastikas were burning and the hero was me. 在纳粹党徽在燃烧和主人公就是我。

The general gave the order, gladly I obeyed. 总的一声令下，欣然我服从。

But the movie faded quickly all at once today. 但电影很快今日褪一次全部。

And now I stand alone with the charges made, no where to run, not a place to hide. 现在我独立了制作费用，不跑哪里去了，没有地方躲。

We're sad little children playing grown-up games. 我们可怜的小小孩玩大人的游戏。

Guess the time has come, the damage has been done. 猜的时候已经到来，伤害已经造成。

Stray dogs that live on the highway, walk on three legs. 住在高速公路上的流浪狗，走在三条腿。

Cause they learn to slow to get the message. 因为他们学会了放慢得到的消息。

Just like the Indians in the early days. 就像印度人在创业初期。

Battles lost and won, yet it still goes on. 战斗损失，赢得了，但它仍然继续。

It's just another ballad for soldier. 这只是一个民谣的士兵。

I had no understanding 'till I saw my mother cry, when they told how many babies I had killed that night. 我不理解，直到我看到妈妈哭了，当他们告诉我有多少孩子杀了那个夜晚。

A dozen color photographs inside of a magazine, told the morbid story like a movie screen. 一本杂志里面一打彩色照片，告诉病态的故事就像电影画面。

But I was not the hero I thought myself to be, movies are much different than reality. 但我并没有我以为自己是英雄，电影不是现实很大的不同。

The general was convicted to get off of the hook, but the President might free me for the chance I took. 一般被定罪下车的钩，但总统可能释放了我，因为我利用了机会。

And we all stand alone when the charge is made, sad way to live, what a way to die. 我们都独立时充电而成，悲伤的方式去生活，怎样死的方式。

We're all little children playing grown-up games, can we burn the gun before the next time comes. 我们都是小孩子玩大人的游戏，我们可以烧枪前，下次来的时候。

Stray dogs that live on the highway walk on three legs, they move to slow to get the message. 住在高速公路上步行三条腿的流浪狗，它们移动缓慢得到的消息。

Give up and win, that's all I have to say, we haven't really won till all the fightin' done, and there are no more ballads for the soldiers. 放弃并取胜，这就是我要说的，我们还没有真正赢得直到所有的格斗完成，并且有对士兵没有更多的民谣。