George A. was at the movies in December '41 乔治A.是在电影十二月41

They announced it in the lobby what had just gone on 他们宣布，它在什么刚去大堂

He drove up from Birmingham back to the family's farm 他开车从伯明翰回到了家的农场

Thought he'd get him a deferment there's was much work to be done 以为他会得到他有延期的许多工作要做

He was a family man, even in those days 他是有家室的人，即使是在那些日子里

But Uncle Sam decided he was needed anyway 但山姆大叔决定他需要呢

In the South Pacific over half a world away 在南太平洋上半个地球远

He believed in God and Country, things was just that way 他相信上帝和国家，事情是正义的方式

   

Just that way.... 只是这样....

   

When I was just a kid I spent every weekend 当我还是个孩子，我花了每到周末

On the farm that he grew up on so I guess so did I 在他长大的农场，所以我想这样我才

And we'd stay up watching movies on the black and white TV 我们会熬夜看电影的黑白电视

We watched "The Sands of Iwo Jima" starring John Wayne 我们看了“硫磺岛之沙”的主演约翰·韦恩

   

Every year in June George A. goes to a reunion 六月乔治A.每年去一个聚会

Of the men that he served with and their wives and kids and grandkids 他曾与男人和他们的妻子和孩子和孙子的

My Great Uncle used to take me and I'd watch them recollect 用我的大舅舅带我，我会看着他们回忆

About some things I couldn't comprehend 关于有些事情我无法理解

   

And I thought about that movie, asked if it was that way 我想到了那部电影，问是不是这样

He just shook his head and smiled at me in such a loving way 他只是摇摇头，我在这样一个充满爱的方式笑了

As he thought about some friends he will never see again 因为他想到了一些朋友，他永远不会再看到

He said "I never saw John Wayne on the sands of Iwo Jima" 他说：“我从来没有见过约翰·韦恩在硫磺岛之沙”

   

Most of those men are gone now but he goes still every year 其中大部分人现在都消失了，但他还是去每年

And George A's still doing fine, especially for his years 和乔治· A的仍然做得很好，尤其是对他多年

He's still living on that homestead in the house that he was born in 他仍住在该宅在家里，他出生在

And I sure wish I could go see him today 我当然希望我能去看看他今天

   

He never drove a new car though he could easily afford it 他从不开一辆新车，虽然他很容易负担得起

He'd just buy one for the family and take whatever no one wanted 他刚刚买了一个为家庭和采取一切没有人愿意

He said a shiny car didn't mean much after all the things he'd seen 他说，一个闪亮的车都是他见过的事情后，并没有多大的意义

George A. never saw John Wayne on the sands of Iwo Jima 乔治A.从来没有见过约翰·韦恩在硫磺岛的砂