《I Was Only 19 (A Walk In The Green Light)(Bonus Track)》歌词

[00:00:00] I Was Only 19 (A Walk In The Green Light) (Bonus Track) - Lee Kernaghan

[00:00:03] Written by：John Schumann

[00:00:11] Mum and Dad and Denny saw the passing out parade at Puckapunyal

[00:00:17] It was a long march from cadets

[00:00:21] The sixth battalion was the next to tour

[00:00:24] And it was me who drew the card

[00:00:26] We did Canungra and Shoalwater before we left

[00:00:32] And Townsville lined the footpaths as we marched down to the quay

[00:00:37] This clipping from the paper shows us young and strong and clean

[00:00:43] And there's me in me slouch hat with me SLR and greens

[00:00:48] God help me I was only nineteen

[00:00:59] From Vung Tau riding Chinooks to the dust at Nui Dat

[00:01:04] I'd been in and out of choppers now for months

[00:01:09] And we made our tents a home V.B. and pinups on the lockers

[00:01:14] And an Asian orange sunset through the scrub

[00:01:20] And can you tell me doctor why I still can't get to sleep

[00:01:25] And night time's just a jungle dark and a barking M.16

[00:01:30] And what's this rash that comes and goes

[00:01:33] Can you tell me what it means

[00:01:36] God help me I was only nineteen

[00:01:47] A four week operation when each step can mean your last one on two legs

[00:01:53] It was a war within yourself

[00:01:57] But you wouldn't let your mates down 'til they had you dusted off

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

[00:02:08] And then someone yelled out

[00:02:09] Contact and the bloke behind me swore

[00:02:13] We hooked in there for hours then a God almighty roar

[00:02:19] And Frankie kicked a mine the day that mankind kicked the moon

[00:02:24] God help me he was goin' home in June

[00:02:46] And I can still see Frankie drinkin' tinnies in the Grand Hotel

[00:02:50] On a thirty-six hour rec leave in Vung Tau

[00:02:56] And I can still hear Frankie lying screaming in the jungle

[00:03:01] 'Til the morphine came and killed the bloody row

[00:03:06] And the Anzac legends didn't mention mud and blood and tears

[00:03:12] And the stories that my father told me never seemed quite real

[00:03:17] I caught some pieces in my back that I didn't even feel

[00:03:22] God help me I was only 19

[00:03:30] And can you tell me doctor why I still can't get to sleep

[00:03:36] Any why the Channel Seven chopper chills me to my feet

[00:03:41] And what's this rash that comes and goes

[00:03:44] Can you tell me what it means

[00:03:46] God help me I was only 19