19 by Paul Hardcastle
In 1965
Vietnam (1)____________ like just another (2)______________ war
But it wasn't
It was different in many ways
As so were those who did the fighting
In (3)__________ War two
The average age of the combat (4)______________ 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 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 (6)______________ typically served
A twelve month tour of duty
But was (7)______________ to hostile (8)________ 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 (9)__________________ said today
More than seven hundred (10)____________ troops
Were killed last week
In that sensitive (11)____________ area
In all of (12)__________ Vietnam
The enemy (13)________ a total of
Two thousand six hundred and eighty nine soldiers
All those who remember the war
They won't (14)____________ what they've seen
Destruction
Of men in (15)__________ prime
Whose average age was nineteen
De-de-de-des-des-destruction
De-de-de-des-des-destruction
According to a Veteran's (16)____________________________ study
Half of the (17)______________ combat (18)________________ suffered
From what psychiatrists call
Post traumatic (19)____________ disorder
Many vets complain of alienation, rage, or guilt
Some succumb to suicidal thoughts
Eight to ten (20)__________ after (21)____________ home
Almost eight (22)______________ (23)________________ men
Are still 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 (24)__________ on
I really wasn't (25)________ (26)________ was going on
Vietnam (1)____________ like just another (2)______________ war
But it wasn't
It was different in many ways
As so were those who did the fighting
In (3)__________ War two
The average age of the combat (4)______________ 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 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 (6)______________ typically served
A twelve month tour of duty
But was (7)______________ to hostile (8)________ 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 (9)__________________ said today
More than seven hundred (10)____________ troops
Were killed last week
In that sensitive (11)____________ area
In all of (12)__________ Vietnam
The enemy (13)________ a total of
Two thousand six hundred and eighty nine soldiers
All those who remember the war
They won't (14)____________ what they've seen
Destruction
Of men in (15)__________ prime
Whose average age was nineteen
De-de-de-des-des-destruction
De-de-de-des-des-destruction
According to a Veteran's (16)____________________________ study
Half of the (17)______________ combat (18)________________ suffered
From what psychiatrists call
Post traumatic (19)____________ disorder
Many vets complain of alienation, rage, or guilt
Some succumb to suicidal thoughts
Eight to ten (20)__________ after (21)____________ home
Almost eight (22)______________ (23)________________ men
Are still 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 (24)__________ on
I really wasn't (25)________ (26)________ was going on
Respuestas:
(1) seemed(2) foreign(3) World(4) soldier(5) five(6) soldier(7) exposed(8) fire(9) spokesman(10) twenty(11) border(12) South(13) lost(14) forget(15) their(16) Administration(17) Vietnam(18) veterans(19) stress(20) years(21) coming(22) hundred(23) thousand(24) going(25) sure(26) what