19 by Paul Hardcastle

In 1965
Vietnam seemed like just another foreign war
But it wasn't
It was different in many ways
As so (1)________ (2)__________ who did the fighting
In (3)__________ 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 past two weeks
Continued (4)__________ twenty five miles (5)__________________ of Saigon
I really wasn't sure what was (6)__________ on
Ni-ni-ni-ni-nineteen, nineteen, nineteen
Ni-nineteen, nineteen

In Vietnam
The combat soldier typically served
A twelve (7)__________ tour of duty
But was (8)______________ 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 miltary spokesman said today
More (10)________ seven hundred twenty troops
Were killed last week
In (11)________ sensitive border area
In all of South Vietnam
The (12)__________ lost a total of
Two (13)________________ six (14)______________ and eighty nine soldiers

All (15)__________ who (16)________________ the war
They won't forget 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 (17)____________________________ study
Half of the (18)______________ combat veterans suffered
From what psychiatrists call
Post traumatic stress disorder
Many (19)________ (20)________________ of alienation, rage, or guilt
Some (21)______________ to suicidal thoughts
Eight to ten years after coming home
Almost (22)__________ hundred thousand men
Are (23)__________ 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 heart (Saigon)
Purple heart (Sa-Sa-Saigon)
I really wasn't sure what was going on
I (24)____________ wasn't sure what was going on

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