Big Time in the Jungle - Old Crow Medicine Show
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Down in eutaw
在欧洲
Alabama in 1965
1965年在阿拉巴马州
A young man 'bout 21
一个21岁左右的年轻人
No different than you or I
和你我没有什么不同
He's catchin catfish
他在抓大鱼
And gettin drunk
一醉方休
But uncle sam called
但是山姆大叔来电话了
He called him up
他给他打电话
Sent him out to vietnam
送他去越南
That young man
那个年轻人
Got his life turned upside down
让他的生活天翻地覆
Turned his smile into a frown
他的笑容变成了愁眉苦脸
Robbed that king of his crown
抢走了国王的王冠
For an ideal he didn't even know about
为了一个他根本不知道的理想
He was gamblin at the wagon when that army man showed up
那个军人出现的时候他正在车里赌博
And he flashed that pen and paper
他亮出了笔和纸
And ol flukie he signed up
他签了名
Theres gonna be a big time in the jungle
在这片丛林里将会有一场轰动
Gonna be a firefight
一场枪林弹雨
Gonna be a rumble
将会轰轰烈烈
Send me out to vietnam
送我去越南
I'll fight ten men
我会与十个人战斗
I got nothin left in the states for me
我在美国一无所有
I wanna see the world you see
我想看看你眼中的世界
I know that uncle sam needs me
我知道山姆大叔需要我
To fight for an ideal I know nothing about
为一个我一无所知的理想而战
Oh the drop point was dusty and the drill sergeant was loud
降落点布满灰尘教官大声吼叫
And he could not see the corpses for the ragin dust cloud
他看不到尸横遍野的尸体
Grab your duffle bags
拿起你的行李袋
Head to the checkpoint
前往检查站
Welcome to vietnam
欢迎你来越南
Boys
男孩
You're in for a hell of a fight
你会陷入鏖战
Take it from the ones who know
从那些知道真相的人那里吸取教训
The army moves slow
军队行动缓慢
Hurry up and wait
抓紧时间等待
Don't sleep late
不要睡懒觉
And learn to hate your brother
学会恨你的兄弟
Before you hate your foe
在你憎恨你的敌人之前
On patrol out in the rice fields
在稻田里巡逻
Them choppers flew low
子弹飞得很低
Glancing for the hand signal to tell you where to go
瞥一眼手机信号告诉你该去哪里
Then the bombs started fallin
然后炸弹开始坠落
And they pounded his brain
他们猛击他的大脑
And he thought about eutaw and who was to blame
他想起了尤塔瓦和谁是罪魁祸首
For sendin him to vietnam
送他去越南