The Draft Is Coming

The Draft Is Coming

歌名 The Draft Is Coming
歌手 David Rovics
专辑 Uncut Magazine - 2008.01 - Give Peace A Chance!
原歌词
[00:03.39] The draft is coming
[00:05.91] It's blowing down the door
[00:07.47] So pack your bags, boys and girls
[00:10.50] We're all going off to war
[00:12.78] You can be the next to die for Halliburton
[00:16.59] Pull the cord, drape the flag and draw the curtain
[00:20.97] You can pull the trigger for the Exxon Corporation
[00:24.39] Watch the cities burn around you while you're standing at your station
[00:28.95] You can shoot the children as they throw stones at your Humvee
[00:32.85] And you can die for Kerry or maybe for Dick Cheney
[00:36.54] (Chorus)
[00:46.11] When your tours are over and you come back
[00:49.65] Maybe you can go to college if you survive Iraq
[00:53.76] With DU dust in your lungs you can learn a trade
[00:58.53] In your dying years you'll have it made
[01:01.98] And when you're coughing up your last breath beneath the overpass
[01:05.91] You'll be praying for the fortunes of the military brass
[01:09.87] (Chorus)
[01:19.41] But you can be happy about the cause for which you died
[01:23.55] At least you fought for freedom unlike the other side
[01:27.24] They were setting off car bombs while you dropped them from the sky
[01:31.56] You sold the country off to whatever company would buy
[01:35.28] Shut their papers down and shot them for their liberty
[01:39.36] So as you die you know you left the world a bit more free
[01:43.47] (Chorus)
[02:18.39] Yes you can die for oil and watch history repeat
[02:22.32] Fight for empire in the desert and go down in defeat
[02:26.31] Or maybe it could happen that now in the second round
[02:30.93] We will take the struggle higher and this time hear the sound
[02:35.58] Of the chimes of freedom ringing when we take Washington, DC
[02:39.48] 'Cause opportunity is knocking, oh say, can you see
[02:43.56] (Chorus)
歌词翻译
[00:03.39] 征兵令即将到来
[00:05.91] 它正猛烈地叩响门扉
[00:07.47] 收拾行装吧 男孩女孩们
[00:10.50] 我们都要奔赴战场
[00:12.78] 你可以为哈利伯顿献出生命
[00:16.59] 拉紧绳索 覆盖国旗 落下帷幕
[00:20.97] 你可以为埃克森石油扣动扳机
[00:24.39] 站在岗位上目睹城市燃烧成灰
[00:28.95] 当孩子们向你的悍马车扔石块
[00:32.85] 你可以射杀他们 然后为克里或切尼牺牲
[00:36.54] (副歌)
[00:46.11] 当服役期满 你若能从伊拉克生还
[00:49.65] 或许还能进入大学校园
[00:53.76] 带着肺里的贫铀尘埃学习手艺
[00:58.53] 垂暮之年就能安享余生
[01:01.98] 当你在天桥下咳出最后一口气
[01:05.91] 仍会为军方将领的命运祈祷
[01:09.87] (副歌)
[01:19.41] 但你可以为捐躯的事业感到欣慰
[01:23.55] 至少你是为自由而战 不像敌方军队
[01:27.24] 他们引爆汽车炸弹 你们投下空袭弹药
[01:31.56] 把国家拍卖给出价最高的企业
[01:35.28] 查封报社 枪杀追求自由的人们
[01:39.36] 所以临终时你知道世界多了几分自由
[01:43.47] (副歌)
[02:18.39] 没错 你可以为石油而死 看历史重演
[02:22.32] 在沙漠为帝国征战 最终溃败而归
[02:26.31] 或许第二轮抗争会有不同结局
[02:30.93] 我们将把斗争推向更高处
[02:35.58] 当自由钟声响彻华盛顿特区
[02:39.48] 因为机遇正在叩门 你可曾看见
[02:43.56] (副歌)