《I Was Only 19(Live)》歌词

[00:00:00] I Was Only 19 (Live) - John Williamson

[00:00:00] Written by：Schumann John

[00:00:14] Mum and Dad and Danny saw the passing out parade at Puckapunyal

[00:00:21] It was a long march from cadets

[00:00:25] The sixth battalion was next to tour it was me who drew the card

[00:00:31] We did Canungra Shoalwater before we left

[00:00:37] And Townsville lined the footpaths as we marched down to the quay

[00:00:42] This clipping from the paper shows a youngon' strong and clean

[00:00:48] And there's me with me slouch hat my SLR and greens

[00:00:53] God help me

[00:00:58] I was only nineteen

[00:01:02] From Vung Tau riding Chinooks to the dust at Nui Dat

[00:01:08] I'd been in and out of choppers now for months

[00:01:14] We made our tents a home V.B. and pinups on the lockers

[00:01:19] And an Asian orange sunset through the scrub

[00:01:25] And can you tell me doctor why I can't get to sleep

[00:01:31] And night time's just a jungle dark and a barking M.16

[00:01:36] And what's this rash that comes and goes can you tell me what it means

[00:01:42] God help me

[00:01:46] I was only nineteen

[00:01:54] A four week operation any step could be your last one on two legs

[00:02:00] It was a war within yourself

[00:02:05] But you wouldn't let your mates down 'til they had you dusted off

[00:02:10] So you closed your eyes and you thought about somethin' else

[00:02:16] Then someone yelled out Contact and the bloke behind me swore

[00:02:22] We hooked in there for hours then a God almighty roar

[00:02:28] Frankie kicked the mine the day that mankind kicked the moon

[00:02:33] God help me

[00:02:38] He was goin' home in June

[00:03:09] I can still see Frankie drinkin' tinnies in the Grand Hotel

[00:03:14] On a thirty-six hour rec leave in Vung Tau

[00:03:20] And I can still hear Frankie lyin' screamin' in the jungle

[00:03:26] 'Til the morphine came and killed the bloody row

[00:03:31] And the Anzac legends didn't mention mud and blood and tears

[00:03:37] And the stories that my father told me never seemed quite real

[00:03:43] And I caught some pieces in my back that I didn't even feel

[00:03:48] God help me

[00:03:53] I was only nineteen

[00:03:58] And can you tell me doctor why I still can't get to sleep

[00:04:03] And why the Channel Seven chopper chills me to my feet

[00:04:09] And what's this rash that comes and goes can you tell me what it means

[00:04:15] God help me

[00:04:19] I was only nineteen