Guy Clark - Soldier's Joy, 1864 [tekst, tłumaczenie i interpretacja piosenki]

[Verse]
Now first I thought a snake had got me
It happened dreadful quick
It was a bullet in my leg, right off I got sick
I came to in a wagon load of ten more wounded men
Five was dead by the time we reached that bloody tent
Give me some of that Soldier's Joy
You know what I mean
I don't want to hurt no more my leg is turning green
Now the doctor came and looked at me
And this is what he said
Your dancing days are done, son
It's a good thing you ain't dead
Then he went to work with a carving knifed
Sweat fell from his brow
About killed me trying to save my life
When he cut that lead ball out
Give me some of that Soldier's Joy
Ain't you got no more
Hand me down my walking cane
I ain't cut out for war
Now the red blood run right through my veins
It run all over the floor
And it run right down his apron strings
Like a river out the door
He handed me a bottle said
Son drink deep as you can
He turned away and he turned right back
With a hacksaw in his hand
Give me some of that Soldier's Joy you know what I like
Bear down on that fiddle boys just like Saturday night
Give me some of that Soldier's Joy you know what I crave
I'll be hitting that Soldier's Joy until I'm in my grave