19 by Paul Hardcastle
In 1965
Vietnam seemed (1)________ (2)________ another foreign war
But it wasn't
It was different in many ways
As so were those who did the fighting
In World War two
The (3)______________ age of the combat soldier was (4)____________ 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 miles northwest of Saigon
I really wasn't sure (5)________ was going on
Ni-ni-ni-ni-nineteen, nineteen, nineteen
Ni-nineteen, nineteen
In Vietnam
The (6)____________ soldier typically served
A twelve month (7)________ of duty
But was (8)______________ to (9)______________ 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 (10)________ seven hundred twenty troops
Were killed last week
In (11)________ sensitive border area
In all of South Vietnam
The enemy lost a total of
Two thousand six hundred and eighty nine soldiers
All (12)__________ who remember the war
They won't forget what they've seen
Destruction
Of men in (13)__________ prime
Whose (14)______________ 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 (15)________________ suffered
From what (16)__________________________ call
Post (17)__________________ stress disorder
Many vets complain of alienation, rage, or guilt
Some (18)______________ to suicidal thoughts
Eight to ten (19)__________ after coming home
Almost eight hundred thousand men
Are (20)__________ (21)________________ 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 (22)____________ wasn't sure (23)________ was (24)__________ on
I really wasn't (25)________ what was going on
Vietnam seemed (1)________ (2)________ another foreign war
But it wasn't
It was different in many ways
As so were those who did the fighting
In World War two
The (3)______________ age of the combat soldier was (4)____________ 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 miles northwest of Saigon
I really wasn't sure (5)________ was going on
Ni-ni-ni-ni-nineteen, nineteen, nineteen
Ni-nineteen, nineteen
In Vietnam
The (6)____________ soldier typically served
A twelve month (7)________ of duty
But was (8)______________ to (9)______________ 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 (10)________ seven hundred twenty troops
Were killed last week
In (11)________ sensitive border area
In all of South Vietnam
The enemy lost a total of
Two thousand six hundred and eighty nine soldiers
All (12)__________ who remember the war
They won't forget what they've seen
Destruction
Of men in (13)__________ prime
Whose (14)______________ 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 (15)________________ suffered
From what (16)__________________________ call
Post (17)__________________ stress disorder
Many vets complain of alienation, rage, or guilt
Some (18)______________ to suicidal thoughts
Eight to ten (19)__________ after coming home
Almost eight hundred thousand men
Are (20)__________ (21)________________ 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 (22)____________ wasn't sure (23)________ was (24)__________ on
I really wasn't (25)________ what was going on
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