[00:00.00] 作曲 : Critter Fuqua[00:00.47] 制作人 : David Rawlings[00:00.95]Down in Eutaw, Alabama in 1965[00:05.55]A young man 'bout 21,[00:08.40]no different than you or I[00:10.29]He's catchin' catfish, and gettin' drunk[00:15.41]But Uncle Sam called, he called him up[00:19.90]Sent him out to Vietnam[00:23.19]That young man[00:25.15]Got his life turned upside down[00:28.08]Turned his smile into a frown[00:30.18]Robbed that king of his crown[00:32.62]For an ideal he didn't even know about[00:37.82]He was gamblin' at the wagon[00:40.14]when that army man showed up[00:42.70]And he flashed that pen and paper[00:44.82]And ol' Flukie he signed up[00:47.30]There's gonna be a big time[00:50.07]in the jungle[00:52.16]Gonna be a firefight[00:54.94]Gonna be a rumble[00:56.74]Send me out to Vietnam[00:59.67]I'll fight ten men[01:02.06]I got nothin' left in the States for me[01:04.91]I wanna see the world you see[01:07.09]I know that Uncle Sam needs me[01:09.84]To fight for an ideal[01:11.18]I know nothing about[01:36.95]Oh the drop point was dusty[01:39.83]and the drill sergeant was loud[01:41.50]And he could not see the corpses[01:44.38]for the ragin' dust cloud[01:46.83]Grab your duffle bags,[01:49.11]head to the checkpoint[01:51.71]Welcome to Vietnam, boys,[01:54.18]you're in for a hell of a fight[01:55.99]Take it from the ones who know[01:58.92]The army moves slow[02:01.53]Hurry up and wait, don't sleep late[02:03.95]And learn to hate your brother[02:05.96]Before you hate your foe[02:09.14]On patrol out in the rice fields,[02:11.63]them choppers flew low[02:13.74]Glancing for the hand signal[02:16.61]to tell you where to go[02:18.61]Then the bombs started fallin'[02:21.30]And they pounded his brain[02:23.40]And he thought about Eutaw and[02:25.94]who was to blame[02:28.03]For sendin' him to Vietnam[02:29.43]