19 by Paul Hardcastle
In 1965
Vietnam seemed like (1)________ (2)______________ (3)______________ war
But it wasn't
It was different in (4)________ ways
As so were those who did the fighting
In World War two
The average age of the combat soldier was (5)____________ 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 five 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 month tour of duty
But was exposed 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 (8)________ seven hundred twenty troops
Were killed last week
In that sensitive border area
In all of (9)__________ Vietnam
The enemy lost a (10)__________ of
Two (11)________________ six hundred and eighty (12)________ soldiers
All those who remember the war
They won't (13)____________ (14)________ 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 Administration study
Half of the (16)______________ (17)____________ veterans suffered
From what psychiatrists call
Post (18)__________________ (19)____________ disorder
Many vets (20)________________ of alienation, rage, or guilt
Some succumb to (21)________________ thoughts
Eight to ten years after coming home
Almost eight hundred thousand men
Are still (22)________________ the Vietnam War
None of (23)________ 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 (24)__________ (Sa-Sa-Saigon)
I really wasn't sure (25)________ was going on
I really wasn't (26)________ what was going on
Vietnam seemed like (1)________ (2)______________ (3)______________ war
But it wasn't
It was different in (4)________ ways
As so were those who did the fighting
In World War two
The average age of the combat soldier was (5)____________ 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 five 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 month tour of duty
But was exposed 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 (8)________ seven hundred twenty troops
Were killed last week
In that sensitive border area
In all of (9)__________ Vietnam
The enemy lost a (10)__________ of
Two (11)________________ six hundred and eighty (12)________ soldiers
All those who remember the war
They won't (13)____________ (14)________ 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 Administration study
Half of the (16)______________ (17)____________ veterans suffered
From what psychiatrists call
Post (18)__________________ (19)____________ disorder
Many vets (20)________________ of alienation, rage, or guilt
Some succumb to (21)________________ thoughts
Eight to ten years after coming home
Almost eight hundred thousand men
Are still (22)________________ the Vietnam War
None of (23)________ 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 (24)__________ (Sa-Sa-Saigon)
I really wasn't sure (25)________ was going on
I really wasn't (26)________ what was going on
Respuestas:
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