《The Things That I Have Seen》歌词

歌曲： The Things That I Have Seen

所属专辑：Blue Divide

歌手： Richard Shindell

时长： 03:53

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The Things That I Have Seen - Richard Shindell[00:00:01]

I was proud to be the soldier[00:00:14]

I had been since Eighty-three[00:00:17]

When I joined to pay for college[00:00:20]

Like my brothers before me[00:00:22]

I was proud to serve my country[00:00:25]

And to be a fine Marine[00:00:28]

But pride can not protect me[00:00:31]

From the things that I have seen[00:00:34]

When they shipped us out of Norfolk[00:00:45]

My family came to wave[00:00:47]

My Mama stood there[00:00:50]

Choking back the tears and looking brave[00:00:52]

And though we never spoke of it[00:00:56]

We all feared it just the same[00:00:59]

Now they tell me I should talk about[00:01:02]

The things that I have seen[00:01:05]

I was trained to take the good shot[00:01:10]

I was trained to clean my gun[00:01:13]

They trained me not to talk back[00:01:16]

And they trained me not to run[00:01:19]

I was trained to be as silent[00:01:21]

As the shadow of a hawk[00:01:25]

But no one trained me for the silence[00:01:27]

Of the things that I have seen[00:01:30]

Once I saw an accident[00:01:41]

Out on Old Rt 17[00:01:44]

Mama told me not to look at it[00:01:47]

As we slowly passed the scene[00:01:50]

Thought the image of that wreckage[00:01:52]

Was burned into my brain[00:01:55]

That did not prepare me[00:01:59]

For the things that I have seen[00:02:01]

I thought I was a good man[00:02:07]

I thought I was elite[00:02:10]

I thought I'd fight the good fight[00:02:13]

That I'd never see defeat[00:02:15]

And then we won that bloody war[00:02:18]

How we laughed at their retreat[00:02:21]

Now I wage a losing battle[00:02:24]

Against the things that I have seen[00:02:27]

To be glad modern science[00:02:57]

Has given us so much[00:03:00]

We can rifle through the channels[00:03:03]

Without ever standing up[00:03:06]

But I can't find a station[00:03:09]

That's finally had enough[00:03:12]

Of this morbid fascination[00:03:14]

With the things that I have seen[00:03:17]

And me I can't stop dreaming[00:03:23]

Of the things that I have seen[00:03:26]