《The Things That I Have Seen》歌词

[00:00:01] The Things That I Have Seen - Richard Shindell

[00:00:14] I was proud to be the soldier

[00:00:17] I had been since Eighty-three

[00:00:20] When I joined to pay for college

[00:00:22] Like my brothers before me

[00:00:25] I was proud to serve my country

[00:00:28] And to be a fine Marine

[00:00:31] But pride can not protect me

[00:00:34] From the things that I have seen

[00:00:45] When they shipped us out of Norfolk

[00:00:47] My family came to wave

[00:00:50] My Mama stood there

[00:00:52] Choking back the tears and looking brave

[00:00:56] And though we never spoke of it

[00:00:59] We all feared it just the same

[00:01:02] Now they tell me I should talk about

[00:01:05] The things that I have seen

[00:01:10] I was trained to take the good shot

[00:01:13] I was trained to clean my gun

[00:01:16] They trained me not to talk back

[00:01:19] And they trained me not to run

[00:01:21] I was trained to be as silent

[00:01:25] As the shadow of a hawk

[00:01:27] But no one trained me for the silence

[00:01:30] Of the things that I have seen

[00:01:41] Once I saw an accident

[00:01:44] Out on Old Rt 17

[00:01:47] Mama told me not to look at it

[00:01:50] As we slowly passed the scene

[00:01:52] Thought the image of that wreckage

[00:01:55] Was burned into my brain

[00:01:59] That did not prepare me

[00:02:01] For the things that I have seen

[00:02:07] I thought I was a good man

[00:02:10] I thought I was elite

[00:02:13] I thought I'd fight the good fight

[00:02:15] That I'd never see defeat

[00:02:18] And then we won that bloody war

[00:02:21] How we laughed at their retreat

[00:02:24] Now I wage a losing battle

[00:02:27] Against the things that I have seen

[00:02:57] To be glad modern science

[00:03:00] Has given us so much

[00:03:03] We can rifle through the channels

[00:03:06] Without ever standing up

[00:03:09] But I can't find a station

[00:03:12] That's finally had enough

[00:03:14] Of this morbid fascination

[00:03:17] With the things that I have seen

[00:03:23] And me I can't stop dreaming

[00:03:26] Of the things that I have seen