19 by Paul Hardcastle

In 1965
Vietnam seemed like just (1)______________ (2)______________ war
But it wasn't
It was different in many ways
As so (3)________ those who did the fighting
In World War two
The average 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 heaviest fighting of the (4)________ two weeks
Continued today twenty five miles (5)__________________ of Saigon
I really wasn't sure what was going on
Ni-ni-ni-ni-nineteen, nineteen, nineteen
Ni-nineteen, nineteen

In Vietnam
The combat soldier (6)__________________ served
A twelve month tour of duty
But was exposed to (7)______________ 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 seven hundred twenty troops
Were killed (8)________ week
In that (9)__________________ border area
In all of (10)__________ Vietnam
The enemy lost a (11)__________ of
Two thousand six hundred and eighty nine soldiers

All (12)__________ who remember the war
They won't (13)____________ 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 (14)______________ (15)____________ (16)________________ suffered
From (17)________ psychiatrists call
Post traumatic (18)____________ disorder
Many (19)________ complain of alienation, rage, or guilt
Some succumb to suicidal thoughts
Eight to ten (20)__________ after coming home
Almost (21)__________ hundred thousand men
Are still (22)________________ the Vietnam War

None of (23)________ 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 (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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