《I Was Only 19(Live)》歌词

歌曲： I Was Only 19(Live)

所属专辑：Looking For A Story

歌手： John Williamson

时长： 05:04

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I Was Only 19 (Live) - John Williamson[00:00:00]

Written by：Schumann John[00:00:00]

Mum and Dad and Danny saw the passing out parade at Puckapunyal[00:00:14]

It was a long march from cadets[00:00:21]

The sixth battalion was next to tour it was me who drew the card[00:00:25]

We did Canungra Shoalwater before we left[00:00:31]

And Townsville lined the footpaths as we marched down to the quay[00:00:37]

This clipping from the paper shows a youngon' strong and clean[00:00:42]

And there's me with me slouch hat my SLR and greens[00:00:48]

God help me[00:00:53]

I was only nineteen[00:00:58]

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[00:01:08]

We made our tents a home V.B. and pinups on the lockers[00:01:14]

And an Asian orange sunset through the scrub[00:01:19]

And can you tell me doctor why I can't get to sleep[00:01:25]

And night time's just a jungle dark and a barking M.16[00:01:31]

And what's this rash that comes and goes can you tell me what it means[00:01:36]

God help me[00:01:42]

I was only nineteen[00:01:46]

A four week operation any step could be your last one on two legs[00:01:54]

It was a war within yourself[00:02:00]

But you wouldn't let your mates down 'til they had you dusted off[00:02:05]

So you closed your eyes and you thought about somethin' else[00:02:10]

Then someone yelled out Contact and the bloke behind me swore[00:02:16]

We hooked in there for hours then a God almighty roar[00:02:22]

Frankie kicked the mine the day that mankind kicked the moon[00:02:28]

God help me[00:02:33]

He was goin' home in June[00:02:38]

I can still see Frankie drinkin' tinnies in the Grand Hotel[00:03:09]

On a thirty-six hour rec leave in Vung Tau[00:03:14]

And I can still hear Frankie lyin' screamin' in the jungle[00:03:20]

'Til the morphine came and killed the bloody row[00:03:26]

And the Anzac legends didn't mention mud and blood and tears[00:03:31]

And the stories that my father told me never seemed quite real[00:03:37]

And I caught some pieces in my back that I didn't even feel[00:03:43]

God help me[00:03:48]

I was only nineteen[00:03:53]

And can you tell me doctor why I still can't get to sleep[00:03:58]

And why the Channel Seven chopper chills me to my feet[00:04:03]

And what's this rash that comes and goes can you tell me what it means[00:04:09]

God help me[00:04:15]

I was only nineteen[00:04:19]