Jimmy joined the army 'cause he had no place to go 吉米参军，因为他没有地方可去

There ain't nobody hirin' 有没有人hirin “

'round here since all the jobs went “轮在这里，因为所有的工作去

Down to Mexico 下到墨西哥

Reckoned that he'd learn himself a trade maybe see the world 估计他会了解自己的商品，也许看世界

Move to the city someday and marry a black haired girl 搬到城里有那么一天，娶一个黑头发的女孩

Somebody somewhere had another plan 有人的地方有另外的计划

Now he's got a rifle in his hand 现在，他得到了他手中的枪

Rollin' into Baghdad wonderin' how he got this far 罗林进入巴格达迷惘，他是如何走到这一步

Just another poor boy off to fight a rich man's war 只是一个可怜的孩子断打一个富人的战争

   

Bobby had an eagle and a flag tattooed on his arm 鲍比有一只老鹰和纹身在他的胳膊标志

Red white and blue to the bone when he landed in Kandahar 红白色和蓝色的骨头时，他在坎大哈降落

Left behind a pretty young wife and a baby girl 留下了一个年轻漂亮的妻子和一名女婴

A stack of overdue bills and went off to save the world 堆栈逾期账单，去了拯救世界

Been a year now and he's still there 现在已经有一年他还在那里

Chasin' ghosts in the thin dry air 追赶鬼在稀薄的空气中干燥

Meanwhile back at home the finance company took his car 同时在家乡的财务公司把他的车

Just another poor boy off to fight a rich man's war 只是一个可怜的孩子断打一个富人的战争

   

When will we ever learn 当我们将不断学习

When will we ever see 什么时候我们看到过

We stand up and take our turn 我们站起来，轮到我们

And keep tellin' ourselves we're free 并保持在告诉自己，我们是自由的

   

Ali was the second son of a second son 阿里是第二个儿子的第二个儿子

Grew up in Gaza throwing bottles and rocks when the tanks would come 从小在加沙投掷瓶子和石块，当坦克会来

Ain't nothin' else to do around here just a game children play 没什么事的话在这里只是一个游戏的孩子玩

Somethin' 'bout livin' in fear all your life makes you hard that way 事端回合活着害怕所有的生活让你很难这样

   

He answered when he got the call 他回答说，当他接到电话

Wrapped himself in death and praised Allah 把自己裹在死亡和赞扬真主

A fat man in a new Mercedes drove him to the door 一个胖子在新奔驰开车送他到门口

Just another poor boy off to fight a rich man's war 只是一个可怜的孩子断打一个富人的战争