《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：Behind the Lines (Expanded Edition)

歌手： John Schumann and The Vag

时长： 04:47

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

Written by：John Schumann[00:00:02]

Mum and Dad and Denny saw the passing out parade at Puckapunyal[00:00:12]

It was long march from cadets[00:00:18]

The Sixth Battalion was the next to tour and it was me[00:00:22]

Who drew the card[00:00:25]

We did Canungra and Shoalwater before we left[00:00:28]

And Townsville lined the footpath as we marched down to the quay[00:00:33]

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

And there's me in my slouch hat with my SLR and greens[00:00:45]

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[00:01:08]

But we made our tents a home VB and pin-ups on the lockers[00:01:13]

And an Asian orange sunset through the scrub[00:01:18]

And can you tell me doctor why I still can't get to sleep[00:01:24]

And night time's just a jungle dark and a barking M16[00:01:29]

And what's this rash that comes and goes can you tell me what it means[00:01:35]

God help me I was only nineteen[00:01:41]

A four week operation when each step could mean your last one on two legs[00:01:52]

It was a war within yourself[00:01:58]

But you wouldn't let your mates down 'til they had you dusted off[00:02:03]

So you closed your eyes and thought about something else[00:02:08]

Then someone yelled out Contact' and the bloke behind me swore[00:02:14]

We hooked in there for hours then a God almighty roar[00:02:20]

Frankie kicked a mine the day that mankind kicked the moon[00:02:25]

God help me he was going home in June[00:02:31]

I can still see Frankie drinking tinnies in the Grand Hotel[00:03:04]

On a thirty-six hour rec leave in Vung Tau[00:03:10]

And I can still hear Frankie lying screaming in the jungle[00:03:15]

'Till the morphine came and killed the bloody row[00:03:21]

And the Anzac legends didn't mention mud and blood and tears[00:03:27]

And stories that my father told me never seemed quite real[00:03:32]

I caught some pieces in my back that I didn't even feel[00:03:37]

God help me I was only nineteen[00:03:43]

And can you tell me doctor why I still can't get to sleep[00:03:52]

And why the Channel Seven chopper chills me to my feet[00:03:57]

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

God help me[00:04:08]

I was only nineteen[00:04:12]