Down in Eutaw, Alabama in 1965 倒在Eutaw ，阿拉巴马州在1965年

A young man 'bout 21, no different than you or I 一个年轻人回合21 ，比你我没有什么不同

He's catchin' catfish, and gettin' drunk 他捉鲶鱼和刚开了醉

But Uncle Sam called, he called him up 但山姆大叔打电话，他打电话给他

Sent him out to Vietnam 叫他到越南

That young man 那小伙子

Got his life turned upside down 得到了他的生活天翻地覆

Turned his smile into a frown 把他的笑容了眉

Robbed that king of his crown 抢了他的王冠的国王

For an ideal he didn't even know about 对于理想，他甚至不知道

   

He was gamblin' at the wagon when that army man showed up 他是布林“的货车时军队的人出现了

And he flashed that pen and paper 他亮出了笔和纸

And ol' Flukie he signed up 和醇 Flukie他报名

There's gonna be a big time in the jungle 这里会是一个很大的时间在丛林

Gonna be a firefight 我要成为一个交火

Gonna be a rumble 我要成为一个隆隆声

Send me out to Vietnam 送我到越南

I'll fight ten men 我会打10人

I got nothin' left in the States for me 我得到了什么也没留下在美国为我

I wanna see the world you see 我想看到你看世界

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 为了争取一个理想的我什么都不知道

   

Oh the drop point was dusty and the drill sergeant was loud 哦滴点是灰尘和教官响亮

And he could not see the corpses for the ragin' dust cloud 而他看不到尸体的拉金“尘埃云

Grab your duffle bags, head to the checkpoint 拿起你的行李袋，头检查站

Welcome to Vietnam, boys, you're in for a hell of a fight 欢迎来到越南，男孩，你在一拼的地狱

Take it from the ones who know 把它从那些谁知道

The army moves slow 军队移动速度慢

Hurry up and wait, don't sleep late 快点等待，不要睡懒觉

And learn to hate your brother 学会恨你的兄弟

Before you hate your foe 你恨你的敌人之前，

   

On patrol out in the rice fields, them choppers flew low 巡逻在稻田里，他们菜刀飞低

Glancing for the hand signal to tell you where to go 一眼的手势，告诉你去哪里

Then the bombs started fallin' 然后启动炸弹落下的

And they pounded his brain 他们敲打他的大脑

And he thought about Eutaw and who was to blame 他想过Eutaw ，谁是罪魁祸首

For sendin' him to Vietnam 寄来的他对越南