Old Hippie Lyrics

A letter came today from my draft boardWith trembling hands I read the questionnaireIt asked me lots of things about my mama and poppaNow that ain't what I call exactly fairSo I'm ...Read Full Lyrics

'Got on a plane in Fresco and got off in Vietnam.I walked into a different world, the past forever gone.I could have gone to Canada or I could have stayed in school.But I was broug...Read Full Lyrics

Fathers are pleading, lovers are all aloneMothers are praying--send our sons back homeYou marched them away--yes, you did--on ships and planesTo the senseless war, facing death in ...Read Full Lyrics

Once upon a time there was a little boy who wanted to grow upAnd be a soldier and serve his country in whatever way he couldHe would parade around the house with a sauce pan on his...Read Full Lyrics

Hanoi Hannah averaged 'bout a man a dayAnd when she wasn't workin'She kept the coffee perkin'For the guy who didn't have to payOn Hanoi Hanna workin' all my blues awayMy home is in...Read Full Lyrics

The cruel war is raging, Johnny has to fightI want to be with him from morning to nightI want to be with him, it grieves my heart soWon't you let me go with you?No, my love, noTomo...Read Full Lyrics

Farewell, my wistful Saigon bride I'm going out to stem the tide A tide that never saw the seas It flows through jungles, 'round the trees Some say it's yellow, some say red It wil...Read Full Lyrics

Private Wilson White, America is proud tonightProud to claim you for their hero, Private WhiteOn a battlefield one day in a land so far awayMid the rattle of machine guns in the da...Read Full Lyrics

Oh I marched to the battle of New Orleans At the end of the early British war The young land started growing The young blood started flowing But I ain't marchin' anymore For I've k...Read Full Lyrics

In 1965 Vietnam seemed like just another foreign war, but it wasn'tIt was different in many ways, as so were those that did the fightingIn World War II the average age of the comba...Read Full Lyrics