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 were those who did the fighting
In World War two
The (2)______________ age of the combat soldier was (3)____________ 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 (4)________________ fighting of the past two weeks
Continued (5)__________ (6)____________ five miles (7)__________________ of Saigon
I (8)____________ wasn't sure what was (9)__________ on
Ni-ni-ni-ni-nineteen, nineteen, nineteen
Ni-nineteen, nineteen

In Vietnam
The combat soldier typically served
A (10)____________ month tour of duty
But was (11)______________ 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)______________ spokesman said today
More than (13)__________ hundred twenty troops
Were killed last week
In that sensitive border area
In all of (14)__________ Vietnam
The enemy lost a (15)__________ of
Two thousand six (16)______________ and eighty nine soldiers

All those who (17)________________ the war
They won't (18)____________ what they've seen
Destruction
Of men in (19)__________ 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 (20)______________ combat veterans suffered
From what psychiatrists call
Post traumatic stress disorder
Many vets complain of alienation, rage, or guilt
Some succumb to (21)________________ thoughts
Eight to ten years after (22)____________ home
Almost eight hundred (23)________________ men
Are (24)__________ fighting the (25)______________ War

None of them (26)________________ 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 (27)__________ (Sa-Sa-Saigon)
I really wasn't sure what was (28)__________ on
I really wasn't sure what was going on

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