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19 Lyrics By Paul Hardcastle

    in 965 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 world war ii
    the average age of the
    combat soldier was twentysix

    in vietnam he was nineteen
    in vietnam he was nineteen
    in vietnam he was nineteen
    in vietnam he was nineteen
    nnnnnineteen

    the heaviest fighting
    of the past two weeks
    continued today twentyfive
    miles northwest of saigon

    i really wasn’t sure
    what was going on

    nnnnnineteen nineteen
    nnineteen nineteen

    in vietnam the combat soldier
    typically served a twelve month tour of duty
    but was exposed to hostile fire almost everyday

    nnnnnineteen
    nnnnnineteen
    nnnnnineteen
    nnnnnineteen

    in saigon a us miltary spokesman
    said today more than 70 troops
    were killed last week in
    that sensitive border area
    in all of south vietnam
    the enemy lost a total of
    689 soldiers

    all those who remember the war
    they won’t forget what they’ve seen
    destruction of men in their prime
    whose average age was nineteen

    ddddddestruction
    ddddddestruction

    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 coming home
    almost eighthundredthousand men
    are still fighting the vietnam war

    none of them received
    a hero’s welcome

    saigon saigon
    ssssssaigon
    ssssssaigon
    nineteen sssssaigon
    nnnnnninteen
    nnnnnninteen
    nnnnnninteen
    nnnnnninteen
    vietnam sssaigon
    vietnam sssaigon
    vietnam sssaigon
    vietnam sssaigon

    Artist: Paul Hardcastle

    Year: 1985

    Decade: 80s

    Language: en

    Word Count: 157