19 by Paul Hardcastle

In 1965
Vietnam (1)____________ (2)________ (3)________ another foreign war
But it wasn't
It was different in (4)________ ways
As so (5)________ those who did the fighting
In World War two
The average age of the (6)____________ (7)______________ 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 past two weeks
Continued (8)__________ twenty (9)________ miles (10)__________________ of Saigon
I (11)____________ wasn't (12)________ 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 (13)______________ 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 (14)________ today
More than (15)__________ hundred twenty troops
Were killed last week
In that sensitive border area
In all of (16)__________ Vietnam
The enemy lost a total of
Two thousand six hundred and eighty nine soldiers

All (17)__________ who (18)________________ the war
They won't forget (19)________ 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 (20)________ complain of alienation, rage, or guilt
Some (21)______________ to suicidal thoughts
Eight to ten years after coming home
Almost eight hundred thousand men
Are still fighting the (22)______________ 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 (23)__________ (Sa-Sa-Saigon)
I (24)____________ wasn't sure what was going on
I really wasn't sure (25)________ was going on

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