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Goodnight Saigon |
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We met as soul mates |
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On Parris Islands |
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We left as inmates |
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From an asylum |
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And we were sharp |
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As sharp as knives |
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And we were so gung ho |
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To lay down our lives |
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We came in spastic |
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Like tameless horses |
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We left in plastic |
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As numbered corpses |
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And we learned fast |
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To travel light |
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Our arms were heavy |
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But our bellies were tight |
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We had no home front |
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We had no soft soap |
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They sent us Playboy |
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They gave us Bob Hope |
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We dug in deep |
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And shot on sight |
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And prayed to Jesus Christ |
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With all of our might |
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We had no cameras |
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To shoot the landscape |
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We passed the hash pipe |
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And played our Doors tapes |
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And it was dark |
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So dark at night |
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And we held on to each other |
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Like brother to brother |
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We promised our mothers we'd write |
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And we would all go down together |
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We said we's all go down together |
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Yes we would all go down together |
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Remember Charlie |
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Remember Baker |
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They left their childhood |
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On every acre |
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And who was wrong? |
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And who was right? |
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It didn't matter in the thick |
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Of the fight |
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We held the day |
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In the palm |
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Of our hand |
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They ruled the night |
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And the night |
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Seemed to last as long as |
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Six weeks on Parris Islands |
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We held the coastline |
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They held the highlands |
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And they were sharp |
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As sharp as knives |
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They heard the hum of our motors |
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They counted the rotors |
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And waited for us to arrive |
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And we would all go down together |
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We said we'd all go down together |
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Yes we would all go down together |
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