Somewhere in Vietnam a 19-year-old soldier 某处在越南19岁士兵

Walked out of a barroom 走出酒吧间的

And he said, I must be seeing things 他说，我一定是看花眼

That bourbon hit me like a baseball bat 这波旁打我就像一个棒球棒

In Bellfast Ireland a little lady 在Bellfast爱尔兰小淑女

Dropped her shovel in her garden 放下手中的铲子在她的花园里

She raced across the yard 她跑到对面的院子

And ask her neighbor Mrs Clancy, what was that. 并问她的邻居太太克兰西，那是什么。

   

In Memphis Tennessee a teacher 在田纳西州孟菲斯老师

Raised the window, closest the river 提出的窗口，最接近河

And the children in her classroom swore 在她的课堂上孩子们发誓

They'd heard a choir singing down the street 他们会听到合唱团唱沿街

In Washington DC 在华盛顿特区

A private secretary's lips began to quiver 私人秘书的嘴唇开始颤抖

And the President just put aside his papers 和总统刚搁下试卷

And rose quickly to his feet. 赶紧站了起来。

   

I lay in a cheap motel in the arms 我躺在一个便宜的旅馆在了怀里

Of someone else's woman 别人的女人

When a loud explosion rocked the room 当巨大的爆炸声震撼了房间

And turned the morning into night 而早上变成夜

I jumped out of bed and ran into the street 我跳下床，跑到街上

With hardly any clothes on 几乎没有任何衣服

As the sky lit up my heart stood still 由于天空照亮了我的心脏还放着

And I could feel my face was turnin' white. 我能感觉到我的脸是撇开白色。

   

All at once the clouds rolled back 忽然乌云回滚

And there stood Jesus Christ in all his glory 还有他所有的荣耀站在耶稣基督

And I realized the saddest eyes 我意识到的最悲伤的眼睛

I'd ever seen were lookin' straight at me 我见过我都看着的直

I guess I was awakened by 我想我被惊醒

The penetrating sounds of my own screamin' 我自己尖叫的声音穿透力

And it didn't take me long to stumble 而且它没有多久我就跌倒

Out of bed and fall down on my knees. 从床上掉下来我的膝盖。

   

As tears rolled down my face I cried 随着泪水滑过我的脸我哭了

Dear God, I'm thankful I was only dreamin' 亲爱的上帝，我很感激我只是在作梦

And if I never go to hell, Lord 如果我从来没有去地狱，主

It'll be because you scared it out of me... 这将是因为你吓出来的我...