Bill, the Galactic Hero - Space Ballad

Перевод с русского на "ковбойский" :)


(Verse 1)
Down in Phigerinadon, where the clover grows tall,
I was just a farm boy, didn’t know nothin’ at all!
Couldn’t light a candle, couldn’t shoot a damn fly,
Till a recruiter showed up with a gleam in his eye!
He wore a shiny suit, he promised me the stars,
Said I’d be a hero with some fancy battle scars!
So long, Mama! Goodbye, my ginger cow!
I’m tradin’ in the tractor for a starship right now!
Yee-haw!

(Chorus - Shout it loud!)
Riding in a tin can, gallopin’ through space,
The Admiral’s eatin’ lobster while we get punched in the face!
Oh, Bill, you Hero! Tell us how it feels—
To have a medal on your chest and the devil at your heels!
(Stomp! Stomp! Hey!)

(Verse 2)
They marched us till we rotted, they fed us metal pills,
They told us we were legends while they ignored our chills.
Sgt. Death-Pimple, with a face like a swamp,
Broke our teeth in the mud during every damn stomp!
"You ain’t men!" he screamed, "You’re just grease for the gears!"
We turned into ghosts in a matter of years.
Then they dropped us on Venus, in the lizard-infested muck,
Gave us a rifle and said, "Run, you dumb cluck!"

(Verse 3 - Tempo speeds up even more!)
The sky turned to fire, the ground turned to red,
A piece of hot shrapnel tried to share my damn bed!
It chewed off my arm, just a clean, simple bite,
The docs pumped me full of "Go-Get-'Em" and "Fight!"
They sewed on a new arm—a miracle, they say,
But I’ve got TWO RIGHT HANDS for my work and my play!
The Marshal pinned a cross on my dirty, torn vest,
While the brass band played till the sun hit the west!

(Bridge - Slow, dirty slide guitar, then a sudden explosion of drums)
Now I’m the man in the shiny gold lace,
Sellin’ lies to the kids with a smile on my face.
"Sign here, boy! You’ll be a king of the sky!"
(But I’m just writin’ names for the next batch to die...)

(Final Chorus - Full Chaos)
Riding in a tin can, gallopin’ through space,
The Admiral’s sippin’ cognac while we’re erased!
Oh, Bill, you Hero! You clever little snake,
How much of your soul did that shiny medal take?

(Outro)
We marched to immortality... well, hi there, son, step in.
Just sign right here, my little lad...
And pull...
The trigger...
Thin.
(Fast banjo solo that ends with a snap of a string)
BANG! BANG!


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