19 by Paul Hardcastle

In 1965
Vietnam (1)____________ like (2)________ another foreign war
But it wasn't
It was different in many ways
As so were those who did the fighting
In (3)__________ War two
The average 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 (5)________________ fighting of the (6)________ two weeks
Continued today (7)____________ five (8)__________ northwest of Saigon
I really wasn't sure (9)________ was (10)__________ on
Ni-ni-ni-ni-nineteen, nineteen, nineteen
Ni-nineteen, nineteen

In Vietnam
The (11)____________ soldier (12)__________________ served
A twelve month tour 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 (14)________ today
More (15)________ seven hundred (16)____________ troops
Were killed last week
In that sensitive (17)____________ area
In all of South Vietnam
The enemy lost a total of
Two (18)________________ six hundred and eighty (19)________ soldiers

All (20)__________ who remember the war
They won't forget what 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 stress disorder
Many vets complain of alienation, rage, or guilt
Some succumb to (21)________________ thoughts
Eight to ten years 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 (22)__________ (Sa-Sa-Saigon)
I really wasn't sure (23)________ was going on
I (24)____________ wasn't (25)________ what was going on

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