19 by Paul Hardcastle

In 1965
Vietnam (1)____________ like just (2)______________ 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 (3)______________ age of the combat soldier 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 (4)________________ fighting of the past two weeks
Continued today twenty five miles northwest of Saigon
I really wasn't (5)________ what was going on
Ni-ni-ni-ni-nineteen, nineteen, nineteen
Ni-nineteen, nineteen

In Vietnam
The combat soldier typically served
A twelve (6)__________ 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 (7)__________________ (8)________ today
More (9)________ seven (10)______________ twenty troops
Were killed (11)________ week
In (12)________ sensitive (13)____________ area
In all of South Vietnam
The enemy (14)________ a total of
Two thousand six (15)______________ and eighty nine soldiers

All those who remember the war
They won't forget (16)________ they've seen
Destruction
Of men in their prime
Whose (17)______________ 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 (18)________ psychiatrists call
Post traumatic stress disorder
Many vets complain of alienation, rage, or guilt
Some (19)______________ to suicidal thoughts
Eight to ten years after (20)____________ home
Almost eight hundred thousand men
Are still fighting the (21)______________ War

None of (22)________ (23)________________ 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 (24)____________ wasn't sure what was going on
I (25)____________ wasn't sure what was going on

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