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19 by Paul Hardcastle

In 1965
Vietnam (1)____________ (2)________ just (3)______________ foreign war
But it wasn't
It was different in many ways
As so (4)________ those who did the fighting
In World War two
The (5)______________ age of the (6)____________ 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 (7)________________ (8)________________ of the past two weeks
Continued today twenty five miles northwest of Saigon
I really wasn't (9)________ (10)________ was going on
Ni-ni-ni-ni-nineteen, nineteen, nineteen
Ni-nineteen, nineteen

In Vietnam
The combat soldier typically served
A twelve month (11)________ 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 (12)______________ spokesman said today
More than seven hundred twenty troops
Were (13)____________ (14)________ week
In that (15)__________________ (16)____________ area
In all of South Vietnam
The (17)__________ lost a total of
Two (18)________________ six hundred and eighty nine soldiers

All those who (19)________________ the war
They won't forget (20)________ they've seen
Destruction
Of men in their prime
Whose average 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 what psychiatrists call
Post traumatic (21)____________ disorder
Many vets (22)________________ of alienation, rage, or guilt
Some succumb to suicidal thoughts
Eight to ten years (23)__________ coming home
Almost eight hundred (24)________________ men
Are still fighting the (25)______________ 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 (26)__________ (Saigon)
Purple heart (Sa-Sa-Saigon)
I really wasn't sure what was going on
I really wasn't sure what was going on

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