19 by Paul Hardcastle

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

In Vietnam
The (6)____________ (7)______________ typically served
A twelve month tour of duty
But was exposed to hostile (8)________ (9)____________ 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 said today
More (10)________ seven (11)______________ twenty troops
Were (12)____________ last week
In that sensitive border area
In all of South Vietnam
The enemy lost a (13)__________ of
Two thousand six hundred and eighty nine soldiers

All those who remember the war
They won't (14)____________ what they've seen
Destruction
Of men in (15)__________ prime
Whose average age was nineteen
De-de-de-des-des-destruction

De-de-de-des-des-destruction

According to a Veteran's (16)____________________________ study
Half of the (17)______________ combat veterans suffered
From what psychiatrists call
Post traumatic stress disorder
Many (18)________ complain of alienation, rage, or guilt
Some succumb to (19)________________ thoughts
Eight to ten years (20)__________ (21)____________ home
Almost eight hundred thousand men
Are still fighting the (22)______________ War

None of them (23)________________ 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 (24)__________ (Sa-Sa-Saigon)
I really wasn't sure what was going on
I really wasn't sure what was (25)__________ on

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