主题：【原创】老兵们永远不会死，他们只是随风消逝 -- 萨苏

Old soldiers never die; they just fade away 出自一战时英国老兵油子的一首牢骚歌,意思是抱怨吃的不好训练还幸苦，这样下去，咱们老兵们不死也得fade away（拖垮掉？）

没读过老麦的演讲全文，不知道老麦引用这句话的准确含义。不过原歌词的意思倒也符合他当时的心情：俺老麦在前线辛辛苦苦给你们打仗，你们却使绊子撤我的职。俺没有死，就让你们给fade away掉了。

歌词：

Old Soldiers Never Die

There is an old cookhouse, far far away

Where we get pork and beans, three times a day.

Beefsteak we never see, damn-all sugar for our tea

And we are gradually fading away.

cho: Old soldiers never die,

Never die, never die,

Old soldiers never die

They just fade away.

Privates they love their beer, 'most every day.

Corporals, they love their stripes, that's what they say.

Sergeants they love to drill. Guess them bastards always will

So we drill and drill until we fade away.

• 错了，错了，你译错了！