| Written by a soldier in Vietnam | |
| "Vietnam" | The Vietnam War |
| Take a man and put him alone,
Put him 12,000 miles from home. Empty his heart of all but blood, Make him live in sweat and mud. This is the life I have to live, And why my soul to the devil I give. You peace boys sit in your easy chairs, You don't even know what it's like over here. You have a ball without half trying, While over here us boys are dying. You burn your draft cards and march at dawn, Plant your flags on the White House lawn, Say you're going to ban the bomb, Say there's no war in Vietnam. I'll hate you 'til the day I die, You made me hear my buddy cry, I saw his arm a bloody shred, I heard them say, "This one is dead." Yes, it's a large price to pay, not to see another day, He had the guts to fight and die, He paid the price, but what did he buy? He bought your life by giving his, But who gives a damn what a soldier gives? His wife does and maybe his son, But they're about the only ones. |
The Vietnam War never ended,
I still fight the war when I sleep, Too many men fell In the jungle of hell, And their memories are planted too deep. The Vietnam War never ended, The memory of war stayed alive, My friend's in a chair, But his legs aren't there, And he fights every day to survive. Another friend walks with a walker, Another friend walks with a cane, Have another friend - shoots with a needle, Escaping the Vietnam pain. No, the Vietnam War never ended, It will live till the day that I die, War won't let you forget, See, I'm a Vietnam vet, And at night when I sleep, I still cry. |
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