I am a veteran of the war 我是战争的老兵

I up and joined the army back in 1964 í并于1964年参军回来

At sixteen I just had to be a man at any cost 十六岁时我只是做一个男人不惜任何代价

I volunteered for Vietnam where I got my leg shot off 我自告奋勇越南在那里我得到了我的腿拍客

I recall a quote from a movie that said "who's more a man 我记得从电影，说： “谁是男子则更多见报价

Than a man with a reason that's worth dyin' for" 不是一个人的一个原因，是值得快要枯萎的“

   

They had me standing on the front line 他们有我站在最前线

They had me standing on the front line 他们有我站在最前线

They had me standing on the front line 他们有我站在最前线

But now I stand at the back of the line when it comes to gettin' ahead 但是现在我站在行的后面，当谈到刚开了未来

   

They gave me a uniform and a tiny salty pill 他们给了我一个统一的和一个小咸丸

To stop the big urge I might have for the wrong kind of thrill 要停止大冲动，我可能有错误的那种快感

They put a gun in my hand and said, "shoot until he's dead" 他们把枪在我的手说， “拍，直到他死了”

But it's hard to kill when 'please your friend' echoes through your head 但很难杀的时候“请你的朋友”相呼应，通过你的头

   

Brought up in church taught no man should take another's life 自小在教会的教导，没有人应该采取另一种生活

But then put in a jungle where life has no price 但后来投入了丛林中的生活有没有价格

   

They had me standing on the front line 他们有我站在最前线

They had me standing on the front line 他们有我站在最前线

They had me standing on the front line 他们有我站在最前线

But now I stand at the back of the line when it comes to gettin' ahead 但是现在我站在行的后面，当谈到刚开了未来

   

Back in the world the paper reads today 早在上世界今天的报纸读

Another war is in the brewing 另一场战争是在酝酿

But what about the lives of yesterday 但对于昨天的生活

And the many happy families that have been ruined 和许多幸福的家庭已毁

   

My niece is a hooker and my nephew's a junkie too 我的侄女是个妓女，我的侄子是个迷太

But they say I have no right to tell them how they should do 但是他们说我没有权利告诉他们应该怎么做

They laugh and say "quit bragging" 'bout the war you should never have been in 他们笑着说： “不干吹牛”你的思念永远不应该一直在战争中

But my mind is so brain-washed I'd prob'bly go back and do it again 但我的心是如此的洗脑我probbly回去再做一遍

   

I walk the neighborhood parading my purple heart 我走在街道游行我的紫色心脏

With a fear of agent orange that no one will stop 有一种恐惧橙剂，没有人会停止

   

They had me standing on the front line 他们有我站在最前线

They had me standing on the front line 他们有我站在最前线

They had me standing on the front line 他们有我站在最前线

But now I stand at the back of the line when it comes to gettin' ahead 但是现在我站在行的后面，当谈到刚开了未来

   

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