On the road to Basra stood young Lieutenant Jimmy Bly 在路上巴士拉站在年轻的中尉吉米·布莱

Detailed to go through the clothes of the soldiers who died 详细的经过是谁死了的战士的衣服

At night in dreams he sees their souls rise 晚上在梦中，他看到自己的灵魂上升

Like dark geese into the Oklahoma skies 像黑雁到俄克拉何马州的天空

   

Well this is a prayer for the souls of the departed 嗯，这是一个祈祷的离去的灵魂

Those who've gone and left their babies brokenhearted 这些谁已经走了，离开自己的孩子伤心

This is a prayer for the souls of the departed 这是一个祈祷的离去的灵魂

   

Now Raphael Rodriguez was just seven years old 现在，拉斐尔·罗德里格斯刚刚七岁

Shot down in a schoolyard by some East Compton Cholos 在校园击落一些东西康普顿Cholos

His mama cried "My beautiful boy is dead" 他的妈妈哭了：“我漂亮的男孩已经死了”

In the hills the self-made men just sighed and shook their heads 在山上自制的人只是叹了口气，摇摇头

   

This is a prayer for the souls of the departed 这是一个祈祷的离去的灵魂

Those who've gone and left their babies brokenhearted 这些谁已经走了，离开自己的孩子伤心

Young lives over before they got started 年轻的生命在他们起步前

This is a prayer for the souls of the departed 这是一个祈祷的离去的灵魂

   

Tonight as I tuck my own son in bed 今晚我抱膝我自己的儿子在床上

All I can think of is what if it would've been him instead 所有我能想到的是什么，如果它会一直代替他

I want to build me a wall so high nothing can burn it down 我要为我建造一堵墙那么高没有什么可以降烧

Right here on my own piece of dirty ground 在这里我自己的一块肮脏的地上

   

Now I ply my trade in the land of king dollar 现在我来往我的贸易王元地

Where you get paid and your silence passes as honor 你在哪里得到报酬，你的沉默通过荣誉

And all the hatred and dirty little lies 和所有的仇恨和肮脏的小谎言

Been written off the books and into decent men's eyes 被注销的书籍和成体面的男人的目光