《Far Afghanistan》歌词

[00:00:00] Far Afghanistan - James Taylor (詹姆斯·泰勒)

[00:00:11] Back home Indiana we just learn to get along

[00:00:17] Civilized and socialized they teach you right from wrong

[00:00:23] How to hold your liquor and how to hold your tongue

[00:00:28] How to hold a woman or a baby or a gun

[00:00:34] But nothing will prepare you for the far Afghanistan

[00:00:40] You can listen to their stories and pick up what you can

[00:00:47] You listen to their stories maybe read a book or two

[00:00:52] Until they send you out there man you haven't got a clue

[00:01:00] Oh the Hindu Kush the Band-e Amir the Hazara

[00:01:08] They tell you a tradition in the hills of Kandahar

[00:01:14] They say young boys are taken to the wilderness out there

[00:01:21] Taken to the mountain alone and in the night

[00:01:26] If he makes it home alive they teach him how to fight

[00:01:34] They fought against the Russians they fought against the Brits

[00:01:40] They fought old Alexander talking 'bout him ever since

[00:01:47] And after 9/11 here comes your Uncle Sam

[00:01:52] Another painful lesson in the far Afghanistan

[00:02:18] I was ready to be terrified and ready to be mad

[00:02:24] I was ready to be homesick the worst I've ever had

[00:02:30] I expected to be hated and insulted to my face

[00:02:35] But nothing could prepare me for the beauty of the place

[00:02:44] No matter what they tell you all soldiers talk to God

[00:02:51] It's a private conversation written in your blood

[00:02:57] The enemy's no different badass holy wind

[00:03:02] That crazy bastard talks to God and his God talks back to him