I had always thought he was saying "and we'll play G.I. Blues" as in the Elvis Presley movie, and album/song of the same name. "G.I. Blues" is basically about how Elvis, playing, of course, a singer stuck with the US army in Germany, just wants to go back to America and sing. It's worth noting that Presley's character, like Presley, was stationed in "peace-time" Germany in the late 50's and was, therefore, not in much "real" danger.
I had thought the narrator of the song was saying he wanted to play "G.I. Blues," as in play the movie, the album, or the song... or maybe that he wants to play at the action that takes place in the movie, where the narrator, as a "fighter" with no one to "fight" would rather be a "singer" and pursue a girl instead.
The rest of the song seems to support that the narrator is trying to get away from the "fight" and that he just wants to spend time with his girl in a summer garden with magazines, lights, and icy drinks. The "can you tie my string" line seems to be him asking her to keep him safe... like tying a little kid's shoe string. Making it safe and secure. She needs to do this because the "killers" are calling on him to bring him back to the fight.... which would make him less "angelic"... less innocent.
In the context of the album this seems to indicate that the narrator might act like a fighter or a "boxer," but that in reality he's just looking for a sanctuary to spend time with the woman he loves. This reading depends a lot on the line actually being "G.I. Blues," so if it's not, then I guess this is all just a rather larger coincidence.
I had always thought he was saying "and we'll play G.I. Blues" as in the Elvis Presley movie, and album/song of the same name. "G.I. Blues" is basically about how Elvis, playing, of course, a singer stuck with the US army in Germany, just wants to go back to America and sing. It's worth noting that Presley's character, like Presley, was stationed in "peace-time" Germany in the late 50's and was, therefore, not in much "real" danger.
I had thought the narrator of the song was saying he wanted to play "G.I. Blues," as in play the movie, the album, or the song... or maybe that he wants to play at the action that takes place in the movie, where the narrator, as a "fighter" with no one to "fight" would rather be a "singer" and pursue a girl instead.
The rest of the song seems to support that the narrator is trying to get away from the "fight" and that he just wants to spend time with his girl in a summer garden with magazines, lights, and icy drinks. The "can you tie my string" line seems to be him asking her to keep him safe... like tying a little kid's shoe string. Making it safe and secure. She needs to do this because the "killers" are calling on him to bring him back to the fight.... which would make him less "angelic"... less innocent.
In the context of the album this seems to indicate that the narrator might act like a fighter or a "boxer," but that in reality he's just looking for a sanctuary to spend time with the woman he loves. This reading depends a lot on the line actually being "G.I. Blues," so if it's not, then I guess this is all just a rather larger coincidence.