Vietnam Lyrics

Fifteen years Le Bing SonFought side by side with the AmericansIn the mountains and deltas of VietnamIn '75 Saigon fellAnd he left his commandAnd brought his family to the promised...Read Full Lyrics

Mum and dad and Danny saw the passing out parade at PuckapunyalIt was a long march from cadetsThe sixth battalion was the next to tour and it was me who drew the cardWe did Canungr...Read Full Lyrics

You've painted up your lips and rolled and curled your tinted hairRuby, are you contemplating going out somewhere?The shadow on the wall tell me the sun is going downOh, Ruby, don'...Read Full Lyrics

Ev'rybody's talking aboutBagism, Shagism, Dragism, Madism, Ragism, TagismThis-ism, that-ism, is-m, is-m, is-mAll we are saying is give peace a chanceAll we are saying is give peace...Read Full Lyrics

Down in Eutaw, Alabama in 1965A young man ‘bout 21, no different than you or IHe's catchin' catfish, and gettin' drunkBut Uncle Sam called, he called him upSent him out to Vietna...Read Full Lyrics

He turned thirty-five last SundayIn his hair he found some grayBut he still ain't changed his lifestyleHe likes it better the old waySo he grows a little garden in the backyard by ...Read Full 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