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Just out of the infantry this morning
I had to pay my dues across the sea
But no one back in boot camp
ever warned me
What the readjustment blues
would do to me
"Welcome to Havannah" said the pilot
"We must have made
a wrong turn on the way
Let's buy some cigars and keep it quiet
If they don't know we're here
we'll get away"
Just as I had realized he was joking
I saw we were in Washington D.C.
Cause there was
all the patriotic buildings
Just like I had seen them on T.V.
It must have been a holiday
Cause there was this parade
People carried signs
I couldn't read that they had made
Till I got closer
and my heart fell to my socks
There was a battle raging
and the air was filled
with teargas and rocks
There was the flag
I'd fought against so often
The one I fought for
hanging upside down
The wind was blowing hard
The dirt was flying
It made the city sky look dark and brown
But I stopped a girl
who could have been my sister
except her hair was long
and in her face
She explained this was
a demonstration against the war
and for the human race
Now I've seen a lot of strange things
in my travels
Seen cannibals and aliens galore
But I never thought I'd see
so many people
saying we don't want your war
The troops all had on uniforms
Just like the one I'd worn
But they were all domestic
and my duty chose foreign
They carried guns
just like the ones across the sea
Except this time I was the citizen
And they were pointing their guns at me
Yeah I was just a citizen
And I was walking down the street
And it was just then
that the readjustment blues
got through to me
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해외에서 복무하다가
오늘 아침 막 제대했어
하지만 훈련소에서는
아무도 내게 경고하지 않았어
다시 적응하는 게
얼마나 힘든지 말이야
조종사가 말했어
"하바나에 오신 걸 환영합니다
길을 잘못 들었나 봐요
시가를 사서 몰래 숨길까요?
우리가 여기 있는 걸 모르면
아무 일 없을 거예요"
농담이라는 걸 깨닫고 나서야
우리가 워싱턴에 있다는 걸 알았어
TV에서 봤던 것처럼
애국적인 건물들이
사방에 가득했어
공휴일이었나 봐
퍼레이드가 있었거든
사람들이 팻말을 들고 있었지만
잘 읽을 수 없어서
가까이 가서 보니
가슴이 철렁 내려앉았어
격렬한 대치가 있었고
최루 가스와 돌멩이로
사방이 가득했어
내가 자주 싸웠던
적군의 깃발이 펄럭이고
내가 지키려 했던 깃발은
거꾸로 매달려 있었어
거센 바람과
흩날리는 먼지에
도시의 하늘은 어둡고 탁했어
한 여자를 멈춰 세웠어
내 여동생 뻘쯤 됐지
머리가 좀 길고
얼굴이 달랐지만 말이야
그녀는 이게 전쟁에 반대하고
인류를 지키기 위한
시위라고 설명해 줬어
난 세상을 다니며
이상한 걸 많이 봤어
식인종도 보고 외국인도 많이 봤지
하지만 이렇게 많은 사람들이
반전을 외치는 걸
보게 될 줄은 몰랐어
군인들은 모두 내가 입었던 것과
똑같은 군복을 입고 있었어
하지만 그들은 국내에서 싸우고
나는 해외에 파병됐었지
그들이 갖고 있는 총은
내가 쓰던 것과 똑같았어
다만 지금 나는 시민이고
그들은 내게 총을 겨누고 있어
그래, 난 그저 시민이고
거리를 걷고 있을 뿐이야
바로 그때 다시 적응하려면
힘들 거라는 생각이
내게 밀려왔어
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