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19 by Paul Hardcastle

In 1965
Vietnam (1)____________ (2)________ just another foreign war
But it wasn't
It was different in (3)________ ways
As so were those who did the fighting
In World War two
The average age of the (4)____________ soldier was (5)____________ 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 (6)________________ fighting of the (7)________ two weeks
Continued today twenty five (8)__________ northwest of Saigon
I really wasn't (9)________ what was going on
Ni-ni-ni-ni-nineteen, nineteen, nineteen
Ni-nineteen, nineteen

In Vietnam
The combat soldier typically served
A (10)____________ (11)__________ (12)________ of duty
But was exposed to hostile fire (13)____________ 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 (14)________ seven (15)______________ (16)____________ troops
Were killed last week
In that sensitive border area
In all of South Vietnam
The enemy lost a total of
Two thousand six hundred and (17)____________ (18)________ soldiers

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

De-de-de-des-des-destruction

According to a Veteran's Administration study
Half of the Vietnam combat veterans suffered
From (20)________ psychiatrists call
Post (21)__________________ stress disorder
Many (22)________ complain of alienation, rage, or guilt
Some succumb to suicidal thoughts
Eight to ten years after (23)____________ home
Almost eight hundred thousand men
Are still 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 (24)__________ (Saigon)
Purple heart (Sa-Sa-Saigon)
I (25)____________ wasn't (26)________ what was (27)__________ on
I really wasn't sure (28)________ was going on

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