19 by Paul Hardcastle

In 1965
Vietnam (1)____________ (2)________ (3)________ (4)______________ foreign war
But it wasn't
It was (5)__________________ in many ways
As so were those who did the fighting
In (6)__________ War two
The (7)______________ age of the (8)____________ soldier was (9)____________ 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 (10)________________ fighting of the (11)________ two weeks
Continued today twenty (12)________ miles northwest of Saigon
I really wasn't (13)________ what was going on
Ni-ni-ni-ni-nineteen, nineteen, nineteen
Ni-nineteen, nineteen

In Vietnam
The combat soldier (14)__________________ served
A twelve month tour of duty
But was exposed to hostile fire (15)____________ 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 (16)________ today
More (17)________ seven hundred (18)____________ troops
Were killed last week
In that (19)__________________ border area
In all of South Vietnam
The (20)__________ lost a total of
Two thousand six hundred and eighty (21)________ soldiers

All those who remember the war
They won't forget what they've seen
Destruction
Of men in their prime
Whose (22)______________ 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 (23)____________ 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 (24)__________ after coming home
Almost eight hundred thousand men
Are still fighting the Vietnam War

None of them (25)________________ 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 (26)________ was going on
I really wasn't sure what was going on

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