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 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 (2)________________ fighting of the past two weeks
Continued today twenty five miles northwest of Saigon
I (3)____________ wasn't sure (4)________ was going on
Ni-ni-ni-ni-nineteen, nineteen, nineteen
Ni-nineteen, nineteen

In Vietnam
The combat soldier typically served
A twelve month tour of duty
But was (5)______________ to hostile 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 (6)______________ spokesman (7)________ today
More than (8)__________ hundred twenty troops
Were (9)____________ (10)________ week
In that (11)__________________ border area
In all of South Vietnam
The enemy lost a total of
Two thousand six hundred and eighty nine soldiers

All those who remember the war
They won't (12)____________ (13)________ they've seen
Destruction
Of men in (14)__________ prime
Whose (15)______________ 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 veterans suffered
From (18)________ psychiatrists call
Post traumatic stress disorder
Many (19)________ complain of alienation, rage, or guilt
Some succumb to (20)________________ thoughts
Eight to ten years after (21)____________ home
Almost eight hundred thousand 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 going on
I (22)____________ wasn't sure (23)________ was (24)__________ on

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