Well I used to hang out down at the VFW hall 好吧，我用下来挂在了VFW大厅

And stare at the photographs up on the wall 盯着照片上墙

Of the neighborhood boys that died in the wars we've been through 附近的男孩，在我们经历过战争死的

And the hand lettered sign that said remember Jimmy McGrew 而另一方面字母标志，表示记得吉米麦克格鲁

Well Jimmy went to Nam back in 1965 以及吉米来到南回1965年

But there's a lot of men here that think Jimmy McGrew's still alive 但是有很多人在这里，觉得吉米麦克格鲁还活着

Though they carved his name on a stone in Washington DC 虽然他们刻他的名字在华盛顿特区的石头

His brother said that stone don't prove a thing to me 他的弟弟说，石不能证明一件事给我

   

It's veteran's day and the skies are gray 这是老将的一天，天空是灰色的

Leave the uniforms home cause there ain't gonna be a parade 离开主场队服原因没有要去游行

But we'll fill up a glass for the ones that didn't make it through 但我们会填补玻璃为那些没能成功通过

And leave a light in the window tonight for Jimmy McGrew 并留下一个光在窗口今晚吉米麦克格鲁

   

There's a hot rain fallin' on the back streets of Saigon 有一个雨热跌倒在西贡的穷街陋巷

There's an ole soldier stumblin' down the alley with his mama-san 有一个OLE士兵stumblin 打倒他妈桑胡同

Lord his eyes are cloudy and his arms are black and blue 耶和华他的眼睛浑浊，他的武器是黑色和蓝色

He's just hangin' by a thread and he looks like Jimmy McGrew 他只是犹豫不决，一线和他长得像吉米·麦克格鲁

   

It's veteran's day and the skies are gray... 这是老将的一天，天空是灰色的......

And keep it burnin' bright there may still be a lot of Jimmy McGrews overthere 并保持燃尽的明亮有可能仍然是一个很大的吉米McGrews overthere

But we'll fill up a glass for the ones that didn't make it through 但我们会填补玻璃为那些没能成功通过

And leave a light in the window tonight for Jimmy McGrew 并留下一个光在窗口今晚吉米麦克格鲁