19 by Paul Hardcastle

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

In Vietnam
The combat soldier typically served
A twelve month tour of duty
But was (11)______________ to hostile fire (12)____________ 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 (13)______________ spokesman (14)________ today
More (15)________ seven (16)______________ twenty troops
Were killed last week
In that sensitive border area
In all of (17)__________ Vietnam
The enemy (18)________ a total of
Two thousand six hundred and eighty nine soldiers

All those who remember the war
They won't forget (19)________ they've seen
Destruction
Of men in (20)__________ 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 (21)____________ veterans suffered
From what psychiatrists call
Post traumatic (22)____________ disorder
Many vets complain of alienation, rage, or guilt
Some succumb to (23)________________ thoughts
Eight to ten years (24)__________ coming home
Almost eight hundred thousand men
Are (25)__________ (26)________________ 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 really wasn't sure what was going on
I really wasn't (27)________ what was going on

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