Twenty - Robert Cray

Twenty - Robert Cray

When you're used up
当你感到筋疲力尽时
Where do you go
你会前往何处
Soldier
可爱的战士
Mother dry your eyes
妈妈，请擦干你的眼泪
There's no need to cry
无需哭泣
I'm not a boy
我已不再是小孩
It's what I signed up for
这就是我参军的目的
When you're used up
当你感到筋疲力尽时
Where do you go
你会前往何处
Soldier
可爱的战士
I can't take the heat
我已无法忍受这燥热
And I hardly sleep anymore
几乎难以入眠
What'd we come here for
我们为何来到这里
Standing out here in the desert
站在燥热的沙漠里
Trying to protect an oil line
只为保护输油管线
I'd really like to do my job but
我很想尽忠职守
This ain't the country that I had in mind
但我心中的祖国不是这个样子
They call this a war on terror
他们将这称为反恐战争
I see a lot of civilians dying
我却看到很多平民在战争中丧命
Mothers sons fathers and daughters
母亲，儿子，父亲，女儿，多少无辜的生命被战争吞噬
Not to mention some friends of mine
更不用说，我的朋友们
Some friends of mine
我的一些朋友
Was supposed to leave last week
上周就应该离开这里
Promises they don't keep anymore
但他们却再也无法兑现承诺
Got to fight the rich man's war
参与到富人的战争中
When you're used up
当你感到筋疲力尽时
Where do you go
你会前往何处
Soldier
可爱的战士
Late in 2004
2004年末
Comes a knock at the door
有人来敲门
It's no surprise
不要感到惊讶
Mother dry your eyes
妈妈，请擦干你的眼泪
Mother don't you cry no no
不要哭泣
Someone told you a lie
有人对你说了谎
Yes they did why
是的，他们说了谎，这是为什么
Mother don't you cry oh no
妈妈，请不要哭泣
Mother don't you cry
妈妈，请不要哭泣
When you're used up
当你感到筋疲力尽时
Where do you go
你会前往何处
Soldier
可爱的战士