《I Was Only 19(triple j Like A Version)》歌词

歌曲： I Was Only 19(triple j Like A Version)

所属专辑：I Was Only 19 (triple j Like A Version)

歌手： The Herd

时长： 04:29

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I Was Only 19 (我只有19岁) (triple j Like A Version) - The Herd[00:00:00]

Producer：The Herd[00:00:08]

Yep check[00:00:17]

Mum dad and Denny were some amongst many[00:00:20]

Who came to watch the passing out parade at Puckapunyal[00:00:23]

Seemed every man and his mongrel came to watch cadets stumble[00:00:26]

On the long march to the Viet jungle[00:00:28]

Oh Christ I mumbled as I drew that card[00:00:31]

And my mates came to slap me on the back with due regard[00:00:33]

We were the sixth battalion yep next to tour[00:00:36]

We did Canungra and Shoalwater before we left rest assured[00:00:38]

Seemed half of Townsville turned out to see us leave[00:00:42]

And they lined the footpaths as we marched to the quay[00:00:45]

And the papers wrote it up like you wouldn't believe[00:00:47]

But we were only looking to the future for fast reprieve[00:00:49]

And there's all of us looking young strong and clean[00:00:52]

Rocking slouch hats slung SLRs and greens[00:00:55]

God help me I was only nineteen[00:00:57]

From Vung Tau in black helicopters[00:01:08]

Chinook pilots seemed relieved at Nui Dat when he dropped us[00:01:10]

Seems like months running on and off landing pads[00:01:13]

Letters to dad cause it's like man he's sad[00:01:15]

But he can't see the tents that we call home[00:01:18]

Cans of VB and pin ups of chicks off TV[00:01:20]

The heat the mosquitoes and the noise surprising[00:01:23]

Like the first time you see an agent orange horizon[00:01:25]

So please can you tell me doctor why you can't get to sleep[00:01:28]

The scars left in me[00:01:32]

Night time's just a jungle dark and a barking M16[00:01:33]

We keep saying rest in peace[00:01:37]

What's this rash that comes and goes[00:01:38]

Don't suppose you can tell me what that means[00:01:41]

God help me I was only nineteen[00:01:43]

Sent off on a four week long operation[00:01:54]

Where every single step could be your last one[00:01:56]

On two legs it was sorta living hell[00:01:59]

Falling with the shells war within yourself[00:02:01]

But you couldn't let your mates down 'til they had you dusted off[00:02:04]

So you closed your eyes and thought of something else[00:02:07]

Someone yelled contact another bloke swore[00:02:09]

We hooked in for hours then a god almighty roar[00:02:11]

Then Frankie kicked a mine the day that mankind kicked the moon[00:02:14]

God help me he was going home in June[00:02:19]

And I can still see Frank with a can in his hand[00:02:39]

Thirty six hour leave in the bar at the Grand[00:02:42]

And I can still hear Frank a screaming mess[00:02:44]

Of bleeding flesh couldn't retrieve his legs[00:02:47]

You see the anzac legend neglected to mention[00:02:50]

Mud the fear the blood the tears the tension[00:02:52]

Dad's recollection beyond comprehension[00:02:55]

Didn't seem quite real until we were sent in[00:02:57]

Chaos and confusion the fire and steel[00:03:00]

Hot shrapnel in my back I didn't even feel[00:03:02]

God help me I was only nineteen[00:03:05]

So please can you tell me doctor why I can't get to sleep[00:03:15]

I can't hardly eat[00:03:19]

And the sound of the Channel Seven chopper still chills me to my feet[00:03:20]

Still fuels my grief[00:03:24]

And what's this rash that comes and goes[00:03:25]

Like the dreams can you tell me what that means[00:03:28]

God help me I was only nineteen[00:03:30]

Mum and dad and Denny saw the passing out parade at Puckapunyal[00:03:41]

It was a long march from Cadets[00:03:47]

And the sixth battalion was the next to tour[00:03:51]

It was me who drew the card[00:03:53]

We did Canungra and Shoalwater before we left[00:03:55]

So please can you tell me doctor why I can't get to sleep[00:04:01]

I can't hardly eat[00:04:05]

And the sound of the Channel seven chopper still chills me to my feet[00:04:06]

Still fuels my grief[00:04:10]

And what's this rash that comes and goes[00:04:11]

Like the dreams can you tell me what that means[00:04:14]

God help me I was only nineteen[00:04:16]