19 by Paul Hardcastle

In 1965
Vietnam seemed like just another (1)______________ war
But it wasn't
It was different in (2)________ ways
As so were those who did the fighting
In (3)__________ War two
The average age of the combat (4)______________ 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 (5)________________ fighting of the past two weeks
Continued today (6)____________ five (7)__________ northwest of Saigon
I really wasn't sure (8)________ was going on
Ni-ni-ni-ni-nineteen, nineteen, nineteen
Ni-nineteen, nineteen

In Vietnam
The combat (9)______________ typically served
A twelve (10)__________ tour of duty
But was exposed to (11)______________ fire (12)____________ 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 (13)__________________ said today
More than seven hundred twenty troops
Were killed last week
In that (14)__________________ border area
In all of South Vietnam
The (15)__________ lost a total of
Two thousand six hundred and eighty nine soldiers

All those who remember the war
They won't (16)____________ (17)________ 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 (18)____________________________ study
Half of the (19)______________ combat (20)________________ suffered
From what psychiatrists call
Post traumatic stress disorder
Many (21)________ complain of alienation, rage, or guilt
Some (22)______________ to suicidal thoughts
Eight to ten (23)__________ after (24)____________ home
Almost eight hundred thousand men
Are still 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 going on
I really wasn't sure what was going on

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