19 by Paul Hardcastle

In 1965
Vietnam (1)____________ (2)________ just another foreign war
But it wasn't
It was different in many ways
As so were those who did the fighting
In (3)__________ War two
The (4)______________ 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 heaviest fighting of the past two weeks
Continued (5)__________ 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 (6)______________ to hostile (7)________ (8)____________ 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 (10)__________ hundred twenty troops
Were killed (11)________ week
In that sensitive border area
In all of (12)__________ Vietnam
The enemy (13)________ a total of
Two (14)________________ six hundred and (15)____________ nine soldiers

All those who remember the war
They won't forget 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 Administration study
Half of the Vietnam (16)____________ (17)________________ suffered
From what psychiatrists call
Post traumatic stress disorder
Many vets (18)________________ of alienation, rage, or guilt
Some succumb to suicidal thoughts
Eight to ten (19)__________ (20)__________ coming home
Almost (21)__________ 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 (23)________ what was (24)__________ on

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