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I had to pay my dues across the sea,
Saya harus membayar iuran saya di seberang laut,
But no one back in boot camp ever warned me,
Tapi tidak ada yang kembali ke kamp latihan yang pernah mengingatkan saya,
What the readjustment blues would do to me.
Apa yang akan dilakukan penyesuaian kembali pada saya.
“Welcome to Havannah”, said the pilot,
“Selamat datang di Havannah”, kata pilot tersebut,
“We must have made a wrong turn on the way.”
“Kita pasti salah belok dalam perjalanan.”
“Let’s buy some cigars and keep it quiet,
“Mari kita beli beberapa cerutu dan diam saja,
If they don’t know we’re here we’ll get away.”
Jika mereka tidak tahu kita di sini kita akan pergi. “
Just as I had realized he was joking,
Sama seperti aku menyadari bahwa dia bercanda,
I saw we were in Washington D.C.,
Saya melihat kami berada di Washington D.C.,
‘Cause there was all the patriotic buildings.
Karena ada semua bangunan patriotik.
Just like I had seen them on T.V.
Sama seperti aku pernah melihat mereka di T.V.
It must have been a holiday,
Pasti liburan,
’cause there was this parade.
Karena ada parade ini.
People carried signs I couldn’t read that they had made.
Orang-orang membawa tanda-tanda yang tidak bisa saya baca yang telah mereka buat.
‘Till I got closer and my heart fell to my socks;
‘Sampai aku mendekat dan hatiku jatuh ke kaus kakiku;
There was a battle raging and
Ada pertempuran yang mengamuk dan
The air was filled with teargas and rocks.
Udara dipenuhi gas air mata dan batu.
There was the flag I’d fought against so often,
Ada bendera yang selalu saya lawan begitu sering,
The one I fought for hanging upside down,
Yang saya perjuangkan untuk digantung terbalik,
The wind was blowing hard, the dirt was flying,
Angin bertiup kencang, tanahnya terbang,
It made the city sky look dark and brown.
Hal itu membuat langit kota terlihat gelap dan coklat.
I saw a girl, she could have been my sister,
Aku melihat seorang gadis, dia bisa jadi kakak perempuanku,
Except her hair was long and in her face,
Kecuali rambutnya panjang dan di wajahnya,
She explained this was a demonstration,
Dia menjelaskan ini demonstrasi,
Against the war and for the human race.
Melawan perang dan untuk umat manusia.
Now I’ve seen a lot of strange things in my travels,
Sekarang saya telah melihat banyak hal aneh dalam perjalanan saya,
Cannibals, yes,and aliens galore,
Kanibal, ya, dan alien berlimpah,
But I never thought I’d see so many people
Tapi saya tidak pernah menyangka bisa melihat begitu banyak orang
Saying we don’t want your + + + war!
Mengatakan bahwa kita tidak menginginkan perang + + + Anda!
The troops all had on uniforms
Semua tentara memiliki seragam
Just like the one I’d worn,
Sama seperti yang saya pakai,
But they were all domestic and my duty chose war.
Tapi mereka semua di rumah dan tugas saya memilih perang.
They carried guns just like the ones across the sea,
Mereka membawa senjata persis seperti yang melintasi laut,
Except this time I was the citizen
Kecuali kali ini aku adalah warga negara
And they were pointing their guns at me,
Dan mereka menunjuk senjata mereka ke arahku,
Yes, I was just a citizen and
Ya, saya hanya seorang warga negara dan
I was walking down the street,
Aku sedang berjalan di jalan,
And it was just then that the Readjustment Blues
Dan saat itulah the Readjustment Blues
Got through to me.
Sampai saya.