《I Was Only 19 (A Walk in the Light Green)》歌词

歌曲： I Was Only 19 (A Walk in the Light Green)

所属专辑：Portrait: The Very Best of John Schumann

歌手： Redgum

时长： 04:19

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I Was Only 19 (A Walk In The Light Green) - John Schumann[00:00:00]

Mum and Dad and Denny saw[00:00:12]

The passing out parade at Puckapunyal [00:00:14]

(It was long march from cadets) [00:00:19]

The Sixth Battalion was the next to tour[00:00:23]

And it was me who drew the card[00:00:26]

We did Canungra and Shoalwater[00:00:28]

Before we left [00:00:31]

And Townsville lined the footpath[00:00:34]

As we marched down to the quay;[00:00:36]

This clipping from the paper shows us young[00:00:39]

And strong and clean;[00:00:43]

And there's me in my slouch hat [00:00:45]

With my SLR and greens[00:00:48]

God help me I was only nineteen [00:00:50]

From Vung Tau riding Chinooks to the dust at Nui Dat [00:01:02]

I'd been in and out of choppers now for months [00:01:07]

But we made our tents a home VB[00:01:12]

And pin-ups on the lockers [00:01:15]

And an Asian orange sunset through the scrub [00:01:17]

And can you tell me doctor [00:01:23]

Why I still can't get to sleep [00:01:25]

And night time's just a jungle dark[00:01:29]

And a barking M16 [00:01:31]

And what's this rash that comes and goes [00:01:34]

Can you tell me what it means [00:01:37]

God help me I was only nineteen [00:01:39]

A four week operation [00:01:50]

When each step could mean your last one on two legs:[00:01:53]

It was a war within yourself [00:01:57]

But you wouldn't let your mates down[00:02:01]

'Til they had you dusted off [00:02:04]

So you closed your eyes[00:02:06]

And thought about something else [00:02:08]

Then someone yelled out "Contact"' [00:02:12]

And the bloke behind me swore [00:02:15]

We hooked in there for hours [00:02:18]

Then a God almighty roar;[00:02:20]

Frankie kicked a mine the day[00:02:23]

That mankind kicked the moon[00:02:26]

God help me he was going home in June [00:02:28]

I can still see Frankie [00:02:51]

Drinking tinnies in the Grand Hotel[00:02:53]

On a thirty-six hour rec leave in Vung Tau [00:02:56]

And I can still hear Frankie lying[00:03:01]

Screaming in the jungle [00:03:04]

'Till the morphine came and killed the bloody row[00:03:07]

And the Anzac legends didn't mention mud[00:03:12]

And blood and tears [00:03:16]

And stories that my father told me[00:03:17]

Never seemed quite real[00:03:20]

I caught some pieces in my back[00:03:23]

That I didn't even feel[00:03:26]

God help me I was only nineteen [00:03:28]

And can you tell me doctor [00:03:37]

Why I still can't get to sleep [00:03:39]

And why the Channel Seven chopper[00:03:42]

Chills me to my feet [00:03:45]

And what's this rash that comes and goes [00:03:48]

Can you tell me what it means [00:03:50]

God help me [00:03:53]

I was only nineteen[00:03:57]