《I Was Only Nineteen》歌词

[00:00:00] I Was Only Nineteen - Aussie Bush Band

[00:00:12] Mum and Dad and Danny

[00:00:13] Saw the passing out parade at Puckapunyal

[00:00:20] It was a long march from cadets

[00:00:24] The sixth battalion was the next to tour

[00:00:26] And it was me who drew the card

[00:00:29] We did Canungra and Shoalwater before we left

[00:00:35] And Townsville lined the footpaths

[00:00:38] As we marched down to the quay

[00:00:41] This clipping from the paper shows us young

[00:00:44] And strong and clean

[00:00:46] And there's me in me slouch hat

[00:00:49] With me SLR and greens

[00:00:52] God help me I was only nineteen

[00:01:03] From Vung Tau riding Chinooks to the dust at Nui Dat

[00:01:09] I'd been in and out of choppers now for months

[00:01:14] And we made our tents a home V B

[00:01:17] And pinups on the lockers

[00:01:20] And an agent orange sunset through the scrub

[00:01:26] And can you tell me doctor

[00:01:28] Why I still can't get to sleep

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

[00:01:37] And what's this rash that comes and goes

[00:01:40] Can you tell me what it means

[00:01:42] God help me I was only nineteen

[00:01:54] A four week operation

[00:01:56] When each step can mean your last one on two legs

[00:02:01] It was a war within yourself

[00:02:05] But you wouldn't let your mates down

[00:02:07] 'Til they had you dusted off

[00:02:11] So you closed your eyes

[00:02:12] And thought about somethin' else

[00:02:16] And then someone yelled out Contact

[00:02:19] And the bloke behind me swore

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

[00:02:28] And Frankie kicked a mine the day

[00:02:30] That mankind kicked the moon

[00:02:33] God help me he was goin' home in June

[00:02:56] And I can still see Frankie drinkin' tinnies in the Grand Hotel

[00:03:02] On a thirty six hour rec leave in Vung Tau

[00:03:08] And I can still hear Frankie lying screaming in the jungle

[00:03:13] 'Til the M******e came and killed the bloody row

[00:03:19] And the Anzac legends didn't mention mud

[00:03:22] And blood and tears

[00:03:24] And the stories

[00:03:25] That my father told me never seemed quite real

[00:03:30] I caught some pieces in my back

[00:03:33] That I didn't even feel

[00:03:35] God help me I was only nineteen

[00:03:44] And can you tell me doctor

[00:03:46] Why I still can't get to sleep tonight

[00:03:50] And why the Channel Seven chopper chills me to my feet

[00:03:56] And what's this rash that comes and goes

[00:03:58] Can you tell me what it means

[00:04:01] God help me I was only nineteen