歌词
Well daddy joined the Air Force
嘿，爸爸过去参加了空军
Said it was a good source
说那是一切美好的源头
Danger love and money but it only led to divorce
危险，真爱和金钱，但它只带来了无趣的离婚
Ended up in Abilene
他在阿比林（歌手家乡德克萨斯州的阿比林空军基地于1956年成立）退役
Working at a Dairy Queen
然后去了“冰雪皇后”打工
Put me in the Army on the day that I turned seventeen
在我满17岁的那天又把我送进了军队
Here I am standin' in the desert with a gun
现在我站在沙漠里手里握着一把枪
Thought of going awol but I'm too afraid to run
想要偷偷溜走（Absent Without Official Leave，擅离职守）可又太害怕逃跑
So I got myself a new plan
所以我给自己制定了个新计划
Stealin' from the Taliban
从塔利班学来点新技巧
Make a little money turning poppies into ******
把罂粟做成卡洛因来挣点小外快
Sergeant didn't like it so they put me in a hole
但军官不喜欢它们，让人把我带到一个山洞
I said "It's easy shootin' when they don't know where to go"
我对他们说，“当人们不知往哪儿逃时射准真的很容易。”
Threw me on a lily pad
于是他们就把我带到一个小型军事基地（睡莲叶，美军俚语）
Sent me home to norad
又把我遣回家，上报到北美防空司令部
I knew I'd be in trouble but I didn't think it be this bad
我知道我会惹上麻烦但我以为事情不会这么糟糕
Stranger wearin' all black
穿着全黑套装的陌生人
Met me on the tarmac
在停机坪会见了我
Told him I was sorry but I ain't ever going back
我告诉他我很抱歉，但我不会再回那个鬼地方
He said you ain't in trouble son
他说，孩子你并没有陷进麻烦，
Learn to fight without a gun
也许你该学学打一场没有枪的仗，
Got a new assignment now you're working for the Pentagon
这里刚接到一个新任务，现在开始，你要为五角大楼工作了。
Gonna take a trip wouldn't tell me what it's for
要出一个远差，他们不告诉我去干什么
Gotta serve your country gonna help us win the war
“你必须孝忠你的国家，你会帮我们赢得这场战争。”
Mit Phd 's night & day they're testing me
麻省理工，怪异的博士，没日没夜，他们考验着我的身体和耐心
Ain't what I was thinking but I'm being all that I can be
那不是我想做的但我也尽了全力
I ain't no genius but I knew it wasn't right
即使不是天才我也能明白这情况不对
Eating uppers in the morning and lsd at night
只能靠兴奋剂和迷幻药度过一个个清晨和夜晚
Send me off to deep space
他们要把我送到外太空
Help 'em win the arms race
去帮他们赢那场军备竞赛
Ola me oh mighty but this **** has got a funny taste
就我？那我可真厉害，不过这xx主意听起来也还有点趣
I think I hear the countdown
我想我听到了发射前的倒数
Hundred feet above the ground
当我在离地面几百英尺的太空舱里的时候
Told me when I'm leavin' but a'nothing 'bout a'coming down
那数字告诉我我就要离开了，却不告诉我什么时候回来
Sittin' on a bad dream
坐在那里实现着我在床上做过的梦
Thousand pounds of gasoline
几千磅的汽油就在我的身边
Ain't leavin' nothing but some rubble and my slipstream
再没给我留下别的东西除了舱外的碎石和气流
Mama always said I should be aimin' for the moon
妈妈过去总是说，要志向高远，向着明月
Never would've guessed that I'd be passin' by soon
但她从没想过我很快会从月球边飘过
How the hell'd I get here
我xx是怎么到这儿的呢
Blastin' through the atmosphere
爆炸着滑进了太空
Drop the rocket boosters and I'm shiftin' into high gear
丢掉火箭助推器让我来换上点高级装备
Bowie on the system and a bottle on my knee
邦威在系统里唱着歌，我拿起腿上的酒
Armstrong ain't got nothing on me
阿姆斯特朗干了什么跟我一点关系都没有
Hey ho here we go
“嘿，呦，一起来
Kmag yoyo
崇拜我吧，年轻人，你只是孤身一人”（Kiss My Ass，Guys，You're On Your Own，from Wikipedia）
Someone wanna get me gotta come up where the sun don't go
你们想要找到我，只能去太阳也到不了的地方
I think I see a bright light
我想我看到一道亮光
Something 'bout it ain't right
事情开始变得不对劲
I laid down in a space ship
我倒在了飞船里
Woke up in a fire-fight
却在前线的交火中惊醒
Trippin' from the morphine
刚在吗啡的高空中遨游
Came down in a bad scene
现在又跌回这糟糕的境地
God don't let me die here I ain't even nineteen
上帝别让我死在这儿，我连十九岁都还没到啊
I won't ever ask you Lord for anything again
如果我在此逃生，以后我不会再向您乞求些别的
I'll swear it on the Bible Torah or Koran
我对着《圣经》发誓，还有那个是《旧约》还是《古兰经》？
Lyin' in a rhino track
躺在战壕里
'Bout to have a heart attack
我就要发心脏病了
Ied got to me someone call the Medevac
爆炸物炸伤了我，快叫架医疗直升机
I need some fixin' after where it is I've been
在我搞清楚我在哪之后也许需要些你们对机器那样的的修理
Never wanna go and try and shoot a gun again
但我无论如何也不会再回去多开即使一枪
Slippin' out the back door
从后门溜出去以后
Gonna join the Peace Corps
我要加入“和平工作团”
Tell me I'm a hero now so
他们会告诉我，我现在是个英雄了
Someone else can fight this war
所以就让别人来打这场战争吧
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