19 by Paul Hardcastle

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

In Vietnam
The combat (8)______________ (9)__________________ 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)______________ (13)__________________ said today
More (14)________ seven hundred (15)____________ troops
Were (16)____________ (17)________ week
In (18)________ sensitive border area
In all of South Vietnam
The enemy lost a (19)__________ of
Two thousand six (20)______________ and eighty nine soldiers

All (21)__________ who remember the war
They won't (22)____________ 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 combat 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 years after (23)____________ home
Almost eight hundred (24)________________ 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 (25)____________ wasn't sure what was going on
I really wasn't sure what was (26)__________ on

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