Just out of the infantry this morning, I had to pay my dues across the sea. 刚出来的步兵今天早上，我只好隔海相望支付我的会费。

No one back in boot camp ever warned me 没有一个人退缩在新兵训练营以往任何时候都警告我

what the readjustment blues would do to me. 什么样的调整蓝调会做给我。

"Welcome to Havannah", said the pilot. “欢迎来到Havannah的” ，说的飞行员。

"We must have made a wrong turn on the way. “我们必须做出一个错误的接入方式。

Let's buy some cigars and keep it quiet, 让我们买了一些雪茄和保持安静，

if they don't know we're here we'll get away." 如果他们不知道我们在这里，我们也该离开了。 “

   

Just as I had realized he was joking, I saw we were in Washington D.C. 正如我已经意识到他是在开玩笑，我看到了我们在华盛顿特区

'Cause there was all the patriotic buildings, just like I had seen them on TV. 原因是所有爱国的建筑物，就像我看到他们在电视上。

It must have been a holiday, 'cause there was this parade. 它必须是一个节日，因为有这个游行。

People carried signs, I couldn't read, that they had made 人们举着标语，我看不懂，他们已经取得了

'Till I got closer and my heart fell to my socks, 直到我走近，我的心脏倒在我的袜子，

there was a battle raging and the air was filled with teargas and rocks. 有一场战斗冲天，空气中弥漫着催泪瓦斯和岩石。

There was the flag I'd fought against so often, 还有就是我已经攻打常常出现的标志，

the one I fought for hanging upside down. 一个我打了倒挂。

The wind was blowing hard, the dirt was flying, 清风拂面辛苦，污垢在飞，

it made the city sky look dark and brown. 它使这个城市的天空看起来暗棕色。

   

I saw a girl, she could have been my sister, 我看到了一个女孩，她是我的妹妹，

except her hair was long and in her face. 除了她的头发很长，在她的脸上。

She explained this was a demonstration against the war and for the human race. 她解释说，这是反对战争和人类的演示。

Now, I've seen a lot of strange things in my travels. Cannibals, yes, and aliens galore. 现在，我已经在我的旅行看到了很多奇怪的事情。食人族，是的，和外国人的称誉。

But I never thought I'd see so many people saying we don't want your war! 但我从来没有想过我会看到很多人说，我们不希望你的战争！

The troops all had on uniforms just like the one I'd worn, 该部队的所有对制服就像是我会穿，

but they were all domestic and my duty chose war. 但他们所有的国内和我的责任选择了战争。

They carried guns just like the ones across the sea, 他们携带枪支，就像隔海相望的人，

except this time, I was the citizen, and they were pointing their guns at me. 但这次，我是公民，他们对我都指着他们的枪。

Yes, I was just a citizen, and I was walking down the street, 是的，我只是一个公民，我走在街上，

And it was just that night, the readjustment blues got through to me. 而这只是那个夜晚，调整蓝调通过了给我。