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)________ (3)__________ who did the fighting
In World War two
The average age of the (4)____________ 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 (6)________________ of the (7)________ two weeks
Continued (8)__________ twenty (9)________ (10)__________ northwest of Saigon
I really wasn't sure (11)________ 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 (12)______________ to hostile (13)________ 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 spokesman (14)________ today
More than seven hundred twenty troops
Were killed (15)________ week
In that sensitive border area
In all of South Vietnam
The enemy lost a (16)__________ of
Two (17)________________ six (18)______________ and eighty (19)________ soldiers

All (20)__________ who remember the war
They won't forget (21)________ 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 (22)____________________________ study
Half of the (23)______________ combat veterans suffered
From what psychiatrists call
Post traumatic stress disorder
Many vets complain of alienation, rage, or guilt
Some succumb to suicidal thoughts
Eight to ten years after coming home
Almost (24)__________ hundred thousand men
Are still (25)________________ 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 what was going on

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