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 were those who did the fighting
In (1)__________ War two
The (2)______________ age of the (3)____________ 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 fighting of the past two weeks
Continued today (4)____________ five miles northwest of Saigon
I really wasn't sure what was going on
Ni-ni-ni-ni-nineteen, nineteen, nineteen
Ni-nineteen, nineteen

In Vietnam
The combat soldier typically served
A twelve month (5)________ of duty
But was (6)______________ to hostile (7)________ 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 (8)__________________ (9)________ today
More than seven hundred (10)____________ troops
Were killed (11)________ week
In that sensitive border area
In all of South Vietnam
The enemy lost a total of
Two (12)________________ six (13)______________ and eighty nine soldiers

All those 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 (17)______________ (18)____________ veterans suffered
From what (19)__________________________ call
Post traumatic stress disorder
Many vets (20)________________ of alienation, rage, or guilt
Some succumb to (21)________________ thoughts
Eight to ten years after coming home
Almost eight (22)______________ thousand men
Are (23)__________ fighting the (24)______________ 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 (25)__________ (Saigon)
Purple heart (Sa-Sa-Saigon)
I really wasn't (26)________ (27)________ was going on
I really wasn't sure what was going on

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