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19 by Paul Hardcastle

In 1965
Vietnam seemed (1)________ (2)________ another foreign war
But it wasn't
It was (3)__________________ in many ways
As so were (4)__________ who did the fighting
In (5)__________ War two
The (6)______________ age of the (7)____________ soldier was twenty six
In Vietnam, he was nineteen
I-I-I-In Vietnam, he was nineteen
I-I-I-In Vietnam, he was nineteen
I-I-I-In Vietnam, he was nineteen
Ni-ni-ni-ni-nineteen
The heaviest fighting of the past two weeks
Continued today twenty five (8)__________ northwest of Saigon
I (9)____________ wasn't (10)________ what was going on
Ni-ni-ni-ni-nineteen, nineteen, nineteen
Ni-nineteen, nineteen

In Vietnam
The (11)____________ soldier typically served
A twelve month tour of duty
But was exposed to hostile fire almost everyday
Ni-ni-ni-ni-ni-ni-ni-nineteen (nineteen)
Ni-ni-ni-ni-ni-ni-ni-nineteen (nineteen)
Ni-ni-ni-ni-ni-ni-ni-nineteen (nineteen)
Ni-ni-ni-ni-ni-ni-ni-nineteen (nineteen)

In Saigon, a US miltary spokesman said today
More than seven (12)______________ twenty troops
Were (13)____________ last week
In (14)________ sensitive (15)____________ area
In all of South Vietnam
The (16)__________ lost a total of
Two thousand six hundred and (17)____________ nine soldiers

All (18)__________ who remember the war
They won't forget what they've seen
Destruction
Of men in (19)__________ prime
Whose average age was nineteen
De-de-de-des-des-destruction

De-de-de-des-des-destruction

According to a Veteran's (20)____________________________ study
Half of the Vietnam combat (21)________________ suffered
From (22)________ psychiatrists call
Post traumatic stress disorder
Many (23)________ complain of alienation, rage, or guilt
Some succumb to (24)________________ thoughts
Eight to ten (25)__________ after (26)____________ home
Almost eight hundred thousand men
Are (27)__________ fighting the Vietnam War

None of them received a hero's welcome

Nineteen
Saigon, Saigon, Sa-Sa-Sa-Saigon
Saigon, Sa-Sa-Sa-Sa-Sa-Sa-Sa-Saigon
Nineteen (ni-ni-ni-ni-ni-ni-ni-nineteen)
Ni-ni-ni-ni-ni-ni-ni-nineteen
Nineteen (ni-ni-ni-ni-ni-ni-ni-nineteen)
Ni-ni-ni-ni-ni-ni-ni-nineteen

Vietnam (Sa-Sa-Sa-Saigon)
Vietnam (Sa-Sa-Sa-Saigon)
Vietnam (Sa-Sa-Sa-Saigon)
Vietnam (Sa-Sa-Sa-Saigon)
Purple heart (Saigon)
Purple heart (Sa-Sa-Saigon)
I really wasn't sure (28)________ was going on
I really wasn't (29)________ what was going on

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