19 by Paul Hardcastle

In 1965
Vietnam seemed like (1)________ another foreign war
But it wasn't
It was different in many ways
As so were (2)__________ who did the fighting
In World War two
The average age of the combat soldier was (3)____________ 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 (4)________________ of the past two weeks
Continued today (5)____________ (6)________ (7)__________ northwest of Saigon
I really wasn't (8)________ 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 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 than (9)__________ hundred (10)____________ troops
Were killed last week
In that (11)__________________ (12)____________ area
In all of (13)__________ Vietnam
The enemy lost a (14)__________ of
Two (15)________________ six hundred and eighty (16)________ soldiers

All those who remember the war
They won't (17)____________ 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 (18)______________ combat veterans suffered
From what psychiatrists call
Post traumatic stress disorder
Many (19)________ complain of alienation, rage, or guilt
Some (20)______________ to suicidal thoughts
Eight to ten years (21)__________ (22)____________ 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 (23)__________ (Saigon)
Purple (24)__________ (Sa-Sa-Saigon)
I really wasn't (25)________ what was (26)__________ on
I really wasn't sure what was going on

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