19 by Paul Hardcastle
In 1965
Vietnam seemed like (1)________ (2)______________ foreign war
But it wasn't
It was different in many ways
As so (3)________ those who did the fighting
In (4)__________ War two
The average age of the combat 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 (5)________ two weeks
Continued today (6)____________ five miles northwest of Saigon
I really wasn't sure (7)________ was going on
Ni-ni-ni-ni-nineteen, nineteen, nineteen
Ni-nineteen, nineteen
In Vietnam
The combat soldier typically served
A twelve (8)__________ 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 (9)________ (10)__________ hundred twenty troops
Were killed last week
In (11)________ sensitive border area
In all of (12)__________ Vietnam
The enemy (13)________ a (14)__________ of
Two thousand six hundred and (15)____________ nine soldiers
All those who remember the war
They won't forget (16)________ they've seen
Destruction
Of men in (17)__________ prime
Whose average age was nineteen
De-de-de-des-des-destruction
De-de-de-des-des-destruction
According to a Veteran's (18)____________________________ study
Half of the Vietnam combat veterans suffered
From what psychiatrists call
Post traumatic (19)____________ disorder
Many vets complain of alienation, rage, or guilt
Some succumb to suicidal thoughts
Eight to ten (20)__________ after coming 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 heart (Saigon)
Purple (21)__________ (Sa-Sa-Saigon)
I (22)____________ wasn't sure (23)________ was going on
I (24)____________ wasn't (25)________ what was going on
Vietnam seemed like (1)________ (2)______________ foreign war
But it wasn't
It was different in many ways
As so (3)________ those who did the fighting
In (4)__________ War two
The average age of the combat 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 (5)________ two weeks
Continued today (6)____________ five miles northwest of Saigon
I really wasn't sure (7)________ was going on
Ni-ni-ni-ni-nineteen, nineteen, nineteen
Ni-nineteen, nineteen
In Vietnam
The combat soldier typically served
A twelve (8)__________ 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 (9)________ (10)__________ hundred twenty troops
Were killed last week
In (11)________ sensitive border area
In all of (12)__________ Vietnam
The enemy (13)________ a (14)__________ of
Two thousand six hundred and (15)____________ nine soldiers
All those who remember the war
They won't forget (16)________ they've seen
Destruction
Of men in (17)__________ prime
Whose average age was nineteen
De-de-de-des-des-destruction
De-de-de-des-des-destruction
According to a Veteran's (18)____________________________ study
Half of the Vietnam combat veterans suffered
From what psychiatrists call
Post traumatic (19)____________ disorder
Many vets complain of alienation, rage, or guilt
Some succumb to suicidal thoughts
Eight to ten (20)__________ after coming 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 heart (Saigon)
Purple (21)__________ (Sa-Sa-Saigon)
I (22)____________ wasn't sure (23)________ was going on
I (24)____________ wasn't (25)________ what was going on
Respuestas:
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