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 (2)________ those who did the fighting
In (3)__________ War two
The average age of the (4)____________ (5)______________ 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 (6)__________ (7)____________ five miles northwest of Saigon
I really wasn't (8)________ (9)________ was going on
Ni-ni-ni-ni-nineteen, nineteen, nineteen
Ni-nineteen, nineteen
In Vietnam
The combat (10)______________ typically served
A (11)____________ 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 (12)______________ (13)__________________ said today
More than seven hundred twenty troops
Were killed last week
In that (14)__________________ border area
In all of (15)__________ Vietnam
The enemy (16)________ a total of
Two (17)________________ six (18)______________ and eighty nine soldiers
All those who remember the war
They won't (19)____________ 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 (20)____________________________ study
Half of the Vietnam combat veterans suffered
From (21)________ psychiatrists call
Post traumatic (22)____________ disorder
Many vets complain of alienation, rage, or guilt
Some succumb to suicidal thoughts
Eight to ten years (23)__________ (24)____________ home
Almost (25)__________ hundred thousand men
Are still (26)________________ 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 really wasn't sure (27)________ was going on
Vietnam seemed like just another foreign war
But it wasn't
It was (1)__________________ in many ways
As so (2)________ those who did the fighting
In (3)__________ War two
The average age of the (4)____________ (5)______________ 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 (6)__________ (7)____________ five miles northwest of Saigon
I really wasn't (8)________ (9)________ was going on
Ni-ni-ni-ni-nineteen, nineteen, nineteen
Ni-nineteen, nineteen
In Vietnam
The combat (10)______________ typically served
A (11)____________ 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 (12)______________ (13)__________________ said today
More than seven hundred twenty troops
Were killed last week
In that (14)__________________ border area
In all of (15)__________ Vietnam
The enemy (16)________ a total of
Two (17)________________ six (18)______________ and eighty nine soldiers
All those who remember the war
They won't (19)____________ 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 (20)____________________________ study
Half of the Vietnam combat veterans suffered
From (21)________ psychiatrists call
Post traumatic (22)____________ disorder
Many vets complain of alienation, rage, or guilt
Some succumb to suicidal thoughts
Eight to ten years (23)__________ (24)____________ home
Almost (25)__________ hundred thousand men
Are still (26)________________ 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 really wasn't sure (27)________ was going on
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