歌词
The Beach Boys were playing on the radio
收音机中正播放着海滩男孩的歌
The Beatles were singing “Love Me Do
”披头士正唱着“Love Me Do”
Lolita was playing in the cinemas
影院中正上映着《洛丽塔》
It was October 1962
那是在1962年10月
Ken Kesey published One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
肯·克西刚发表《飞越布谷鸟巢》
John Glenn orbited the Earth
约翰·格伦刚环绕地球飞行
Australia had just won the most gold medals
澳大利亚刚在珀斯英联邦运动会
At the Commonwealth Games in Perth
获得最多的金牌
The boomers were just getting into high school
婴儿潮一代刚进入高中
Dylan first sang “Blowin’ In the Wind
”迪伦首次唱响“Blowin'in the Wind”
The US Army had just started their war
美国军队刚发起
Against the Viet Minh
进攻越盟的战争
On the day Vasili saved the world
在这天，瓦西里拯救了世界
“If I Had A Hammer” was in the Billboard charts《
如果我有个锤子》刚进入音乐榜单
An Air Force jet crashed into the sea
一架空军喷气机刚坠入海中
The first Black student had been admitted
第一位黑人学生刚被允许
To Ole Miss University
入学密西西比大学
Hewlett-Packard sold a Personal Computer
惠普公司刚卖出一台个人计算机
But it wouldn’t really take off for a while
但这并没有花多长时间
Jackie had just come back from a trip to India
杰姬（肯尼迪的妻子）刚从印度之旅中回国
Plunging necklines were the latest summer style
低胸领口刚成为夏日时尚
Algeria had just won their independence
阿尔及利亚刚获得独立
Korea was rebuilding from the war
朝鲜半岛正从战争中重建
The Russian River had just flooded
俄罗斯河在几周前
A couple of weeks before
刚泛滥成灾
On the day Vasili saved the world
在这天，瓦西里拯救了世界
The CIA was running Operation Mongoose
中情局正发起猫鼬行动
Killing Cubans in their factories and streets
在工厂和街道中暗杀古巴人
The US was giving up for an invasion
美国刚放弃入侵计划
Still smarting from the Bay of Pigs defeat
正经历猪湾失败的阵痛
The Soviets had sent missiles to Havana
苏联刚向哈瓦那运送导弹
To protect themselves and their Cuban friends
为了保护自己和古巴盟友
Then the US Navy blockaded Cuba’s harbors
之后美国海军封锁了古巴港口
And there was no telling how this thing would end
没人知道这事儿该怎么结束
Khruschev got on TV to make it very clear
赫鲁晓夫上电视清楚表态
Cuba is a sovereign state
古巴是一个主权国家
And if our ships are attacked
如果我们的船遭到攻击
We will retaliate
我们将进行报复
On the day Vasili saved the world
在这天，瓦西里拯救了世界
Vice Admiral Vasili Arkhipov was standing at his post
海军上将瓦西里·阿尔希波夫在苏联潜艇上
On a Soviet Navy submarine
一直坚守着岗位
They were on patrol in international waters
他们当时在国际水域巡逻
One actor in a terrifying scene
成为这恐怖场面的一员
They were out of radio contact, deep beneath the water
他们在水下无法接收无线电
When the sub began to shake and crack
在这时潜艇开始晃动并破裂
The Captain said “arm the nuclear torpedoes
艇长下令：“装上核鱼雷
We’re under attack”
我们被攻击了“
The Americans were bombing them, but in order to respond
美军在轰炸他们，为了回击
Three officers had to say “go”
三名长官不得不说”发射吧“
Two were in agreement
其中两名同意了
But for some reason the Vice Admiral said “no”
但出于某种原因，海军上将说”不“
On the day Vasili saved the world
在这天，瓦西里拯救了世界
On the day Vasili saved the world
在这天，瓦西里拯救了世界
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