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- I got a letter from L.B.J
我收到了一封林登·約翰遜寄來的信
It said, 'This is your lucky day'
上面寫著”今天是你的幸運日“
Its time to put your khaki trousers on
該穿上你的卡其褲了
Though it may seem very queer
雖然看上去有些不對勁
Weve got no jobs to give you here
但是我們在美國給不了你崗位
So we are sending you to Vietnam
所以我們把你分配到越南戰場
Lyndon Johnson told the nation
林登·約翰遜對全國說
Have no fear of escalation
不要害怕戰爭擴大
I am trying everyone to please
我已經盡力讓大家都滿意
Though it isnt really war
雖然這不是真的戰爭
Were sending fifty thousand more
我們已經派遣超過5萬人(越戰中美軍陣亡58,220人)
To help save Vietnam from the Vietnamese
從越南人手裡拯救越南
I jumped off the old troop ship
我跳出老舊的運兵船
And sank in mud up to my hips
污泥淹沒了我的屁股
I cussed until the captain called me down
我抱怨直到隊長辱罵我
Never mind how hard its raining
不在意狂風暴雨
Think of all the ground were gaining
想著我們正在佔領的地盤
Just dont take one step outside of town
不要踏出鎮子外一步
Lyndon Johnson told the nation
林登·約翰遜對全國說
Have no fear of escalation
不要害怕戰爭擴大
I am trying everyone to please
我已經盡力讓大家都滿意
Though it isnt really war
雖然這不是真的戰爭
Were sending fifty thousand more
我們已經派遣超過5萬人
To help save Vietnam from the Vietnamese
從越南人手裡拯救越南
Every night the local gentry
每天夜里鄉紳們從沉睡的哨兵身邊溜走
Slip out past the sleeping sentry
They go to join the old V C
他們去加入越共(Viet Congs)
In their nightly little dramas
在他們每晚上映的小話劇裡
They put on their black pajamas
他們穿上黑睡衣(越共游擊隊的典型製服）
Then come lobbing mortar shells at me
迫擊砲彈就向我飛來
When Lyndon Johnson told the nation
林登·約翰遜對全國說
Have no fear of escalation
不要害怕戰爭擴大
I am trying everyone to please
我已經盡力讓大家都滿意
Though it isnt really war
雖然這不是真的戰爭
Were sending fifty thousand more
我們已經派遣超過5萬人
To help save Vietnam from the Vietnamese
從越南人手裡拯救越南
We go round in helicopters
我們坐在直升機裡掃蕩
Like a bunch of big grasshoppers
就像一群碩大的蝗蟲
Searching for the Viet Cong in vain
徒勞地尋找越共
They left a note that they had gone
他們留下了一封信說他們早已離開
They had to get down to Saigon
他們南下去了西貢(1968年初北越及越共對南越進行了大規模突襲)
Their government positions to maintain
他們的政府地位依然穩固
And Lyndon Johnson told the nation
林登·約翰遜對全國說
Have no fear of escalation
不要害怕戰爭擴大
I am trying everyone to please
我已經盡力讓大家都滿意
Though it isnt really war
雖然這不是真的戰爭
Were sending fifty thousand more
我們已經派遣超過5萬人
To help save Vietnam from the Vietnamese
從越南人手裡拯救越南
Well, here I sit in this rice paddy
我就坐在這兒的稻田裡
Wondering about Big Daddy
對空中支援感到疑惑(Big Daddy為美國空軍某部代號)
And I know that Lyndon loves me so
我知道林登·約翰遜也一樣愛我
Yet how sadly I remember
但我還難過地記得
Way back yonder in November
很久以前的那個11月
When he said Id never have to go
當他說我再也離開不了的時候
And Lyndon Johnson told the nation
林登·約翰遜對全國說
Have no fear of escalation
不要害怕戰爭擴大
I am trying everyone to please
我已經盡力讓大家都滿意
Though it isnt really war
雖然這不是真的戰爭
Were sending fifty thousand more
我們已經派遣超過5萬人
To help save Vietnam from the Vietnamese
從越南人手裡拯救越南
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