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19 by Paul Hardcastle

In 1965
Vietnam seemed like just (1)______________ foreign war
But it wasn't
It was different in many ways
As so were (2)__________ 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 twenty (5)________ miles northwest 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 typically served
A twelve (6)__________ tour of duty
But was exposed to hostile fire (7)____________ 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 (8)______________ (9)__________________ said today
More (10)________ seven (11)______________ (12)____________ troops
Were killed last week
In that sensitive border area
In all of (13)__________ Vietnam
The enemy lost a total of
Two thousand six (14)______________ and eighty nine soldiers

All those who remember the war
They won't (15)____________ 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 Vietnam combat (16)________________ suffered
From (17)________ (18)__________________________ call
Post traumatic stress disorder
Many vets complain of alienation, rage, or guilt
Some (19)______________ to suicidal thoughts
Eight to ten years after coming home
Almost eight hundred thousand men
Are still (20)________________ the (21)______________ 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 (22)__________ (Sa-Sa-Saigon)
I really wasn't (23)________ what was going on
I really wasn't (24)________ what was going on

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