Goodnight Saigon

Buenas noches Saigón

Goodnight Saigon

Nos conocimos como almas gemelas
We met as soul mates
En Parris Islands
On Parris Islands
Nos fuimos como presos
We left as inmates
De un asilo
From an asylum
Y estábamos afilados
And we were sharp
Tan afilados como los cuchillos
As sharp as knives
Y estábamos tan enfuciados
And we were so gung ho
Para poner nuestras vidas
To lay down our lives

Vinimos en espástica
We came in spastic
Como caballos sin domar
Like tameless horses
Nos fuimos en plástico
We left in plastic
Como cadáveres numerados
As numbered corpses
Y aprendimos rápido
And we learned fast
Para viajar ligero
To travel light
Nuestros brazos estaban pesados
Our arms were heavy
Pero nuestras barrigas estaban apretadas
But our bellies were tight

No teníamos frente a casa
We had no home front
No teníamos jabón suave
We had no soft soap
Nos enviaron Playboy
They sent us Playboy
Nos dieron Bob Hope
They gave us Bob Hope
Cavamos en profundidad
We dug in deep
Y disparado a la vista
And shot on sight
Y oró a Jesucristo
And prayed to Jesus Christ
Con todas nuestras fuerzas
With all of our might

No teníamos cámaras
We had no cameras
Para disparar el paisaje
To shoot the landscape
Pasamos el tubo hash
We passed the hash pipe
Y tocamos nuestras cintas de Doors
And played our Doors tapes
Y estaba oscuro
And it was dark
Tan oscuro por la noche
So dark at night

Y nos agarramos el uno al otro
And we held on to each other
Como hermano a hermano
Like brother to brother
Prometimos a nuestras madres que escribiríamos
We promised our mothers we'd write
Y todos caíamos juntos
And we would all go down together
Dijimos que todos bajamos juntos
We said we's all go down together
Sí, todos bajaríamos juntos
Yes we would all go down together

Recuerda a Charlie
Remember Charlie
Recuerda a Baker
Remember Baker
Dejaron su infancia
They left their childhood
En cada acre
On every acre
¿Y quién estaba equivocado?
And who was wrong?
¿Y quién tenía razón?
And who was right?
No importaba en el fondo
It didn't matter in the thick
De la pelea
Of the fight

Celebramos el día
We held the day
En la palma
In the palm
De nuestra mano
Of our hand
Ellos gobernaron la noche
They ruled the night
Y la noche
And the night
Parecía durar tanto tiempo como
Seemed to last as long as
Seis semanas en Parris Islands
Six weeks on Parris Islands

Celebramos la costa
We held the coastline
Sostuvieron las tierras altas
They held the highlands
Y estaban afilados
And they were sharp
Tan afilados como los cuchillos
As sharp as knives
Oyeron el zumbido de nuestros motores
They heard the hum of our motors
Contaron los rotores
They counted the rotors
Y esperó a que llegáramos
And waited for us to arrive

Y todos iríamos juntos
And we would all go down together
Dijimos que todos bajaríamos juntos
We said we'd all go down together
Sí, todos bajaríamos juntos
Yes we would all go down together