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19 by Paul Hardcastle

In 1965
Vietnam seemed like just another foreign war
But it wasn't
It was (1)__________________ in many ways
As so were (2)__________ who did the fighting
In (3)__________ War two
The (4)______________ 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 (5)________________ fighting of the past two weeks
Continued (6)__________ twenty five (7)__________ northwest of Saigon
I really wasn't sure what was (8)__________ on
Ni-ni-ni-ni-nineteen, nineteen, nineteen
Ni-nineteen, nineteen

In Vietnam
The (9)____________ soldier typically served
A (10)____________ month tour of duty
But was (11)______________ to hostile fire (12)____________ 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 (13)__________________ (14)________ today
More than (15)__________ hundred twenty troops
Were killed (16)________ week
In (17)________ sensitive (18)____________ area
In all of South Vietnam
The enemy lost a total of
Two thousand six hundred and eighty (19)________ soldiers

All those who (20)________________ the war
They won't forget (21)________ they've seen
Destruction
Of men in their prime
Whose (22)______________ age was nineteen
De-de-de-des-des-destruction

De-de-de-des-des-destruction

According to a Veteran's (23)____________________________ study
Half of the Vietnam combat (24)________________ suffered
From what psychiatrists call
Post traumatic stress disorder
Many (25)________ complain of alienation, rage, or guilt
Some succumb to suicidal thoughts
Eight to ten years after coming home
Almost eight hundred thousand men
Are still fighting the (26)______________ War

None of (27)________ 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 (28)__________ (Sa-Sa-Saigon)
I really wasn't sure what was going on
I really wasn't sure what was going on

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