19 by Paul Hardcastle

In 1965
Vietnam (1)____________ (2)________ just 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 average age of the (3)____________ 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 (5)____________ five miles northwest of Saigon
I (6)____________ wasn't sure what was going on
Ni-ni-ni-ni-nineteen, nineteen, nineteen
Ni-nineteen, nineteen

In Vietnam
The combat (7)______________ (8)__________________ served
A twelve month tour of duty
But was exposed to hostile fire (9)____________ 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 (10)______________ spokesman said today
More than seven (11)______________ twenty troops
Were (12)____________ (13)________ week
In that sensitive (14)____________ area
In all of South Vietnam
The enemy lost a (15)__________ of
Two (16)________________ six hundred and eighty (17)________ soldiers

All (18)__________ who (19)________________ the war
They won't forget (20)________ they've seen
Destruction
Of men in their prime
Whose (21)______________ age was nineteen
De-de-de-des-des-destruction

De-de-de-des-des-destruction

According to a Veteran's (22)____________________________ 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 (23)________________ thoughts
Eight to ten years after coming home
Almost eight (24)______________ thousand men
Are still fighting the Vietnam War

None of (25)________ 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 (26)____________ wasn't sure what was going on
I really wasn't sure what was going on

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