19 by Paul Hardcastle

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

In Vietnam
The combat soldier typically served
A twelve month (7)________ of duty
But was exposed 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 miltary spokesman said today
More (8)________ seven hundred twenty troops
Were killed last week
In that sensitive (9)____________ area
In all of South Vietnam
The enemy (10)________ a total of
Two thousand six (11)______________ and (12)____________ nine soldiers

All those who remember the war
They won't forget (13)________ they've seen
Destruction
Of men in (14)__________ prime
Whose (15)______________ 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 (16)__________________________ call
Post traumatic stress disorder
Many vets complain of alienation, rage, or guilt
Some succumb to (17)________________ thoughts
Eight to ten years (18)__________ (19)____________ home
Almost eight hundred (20)________________ men
Are (21)__________ 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 (22)__________ (Sa-Sa-Saigon)
I (23)____________ wasn't (24)________ what was (25)__________ on
I really wasn't sure (26)________ was going on

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