Not so long ago, in Oklahoma 不久前，在俄克拉何马州

The son of an Okie preacher, knelt to pray 一个Okie传教士的儿子，跪下祈祷

He said Lord I wanna be a Christian soldier, just like you 他说，主啊，我想成为一个基督徒军人，就像你

And fight to build a new, and better day 并争取建立一个新的，更好的日子

   

Now many years and miles, from Oklahoma 现在很多年里，来自俄克拉何马州

That same young Okie boy still kneels to pray 同样年轻的Okie男孩还是跪祈祷

But he don't pray to be no Christian soldier, anymore 但他不祈求是没有基督教的士兵，再

He just prays, to make it through, another day 他只是祈祷，使其通过，另一天

   

'Cause it's hard to be a Christian soldier, when you tote a gun “因为它很难成为一个基督徒军人，当你带着一把枪

And it hurts to have to watch a grown man cry 它伤害有看一个成年男人哭

But we're, playin' cards, writin' home, an' havin' lots of fun 但是我们，在玩的牌，以创作“家，一个就吃很多的乐趣

Tellin' jokes and learnin' how to die 在告诉笑话和模拟电路设计学习“怎么死的

   

You know the things I've come to know, seem so confusin' 你知道，我已经认识到的东西，显得如此confusin “

And it's gettin' hard to tell, what's wrong from right 而且它是刚开了很难说，什么是错的右

I can't separate the winners from the losers anymore 我无法从失败者分开赢家了

And I'm thinkin' of just givin' up the fight 而我在想了战斗“刚刚得到安宁的”

   

'Cause it's hard to be a Christian soldier, when you tote a gun “因为它很难成为一个基督徒军人，当你带着一把枪

And it hurts to have to watch a grown man cry 它伤害有看一个成年男人哭

But we're, playin' cards, writin' home, an' ain't we havin' fun 但是我们，在玩的牌，以创作“家，一个不，我们的开心

Turnin' on and learnin' how to die 撇开上，并设计学习“怎么死的