19 by Paul Hardcastle

In 1965
Vietnam seemed like just another (1)______________ 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 (2)______________ 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 fighting of the (3)________ two weeks
Continued (4)__________ twenty five miles northwest of Saigon
I really wasn't sure what was (5)__________ on
Ni-ni-ni-ni-nineteen, nineteen, nineteen
Ni-nineteen, nineteen

In Vietnam
The combat soldier typically served
A twelve (6)__________ tour of duty
But was (7)______________ to hostile fire (8)____________ 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 than (9)__________ (10)______________ twenty troops
Were killed last week
In that sensitive border area
In all of South Vietnam
The (11)__________ lost a total of
Two thousand six hundred and (12)____________ nine soldiers

All (13)__________ who remember the war
They won't (14)____________ (15)________ they've seen
Destruction
Of men in their prime
Whose (16)______________ 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 (17)__________________ stress disorder
Many vets (18)________________ of alienation, rage, or guilt
Some succumb to suicidal thoughts
Eight to ten (19)__________ after coming home
Almost (20)__________ hundred (21)________________ men
Are still fighting the Vietnam War

None of (22)________ 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 (23)__________ (Saigon)
Purple heart (Sa-Sa-Saigon)
I really wasn't sure what was going on
I (24)____________ wasn't sure what was (25)__________ on

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