[ti:Goodnight Saigon]
[ar:Billy Joel]
[00:04.76]Goodnight Saigon
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[01:01.73]We met as soul mates
[01:06.42]On Parris Islands
[01:10.17]We left as inmates
[01:13.66]From an asylum
[01:17.51]And we were sharp
[01:21.23]As sharp as knives
[01:24.91]And we were so gung ho
[01:28.00]To lay down our lives
[01:30.40]
[01:32.57]We came in spastic
[01:35.78]Like tameless horses
[01:39.38]We left in plastic
[01:43.13]As numbered corpses
[01:46.97]And we learned fast
[01:50.04]To travel light
[01:54.27]Our arms were heavy
[01:56.88]But our bellies were tight
[01:59.89]
[02:12.31]We had no home front
[02:16.77]We had no soft soap
[02:20.33]They sent us Playboy
[02:24.33]They gave us Bob Hope
[02:27.92]We dug in deep
[02:31.49]And shot on sight
[02:35.34]And prayed to Jesus Christ
[02:37.97]With all of our might
[02:40.79]
[02:43.33]We had no cameras
[02:46.37]To shoot the landscape
[02:50.20]We passed the hash pipe
[02:53.92]And played our Doors tapes
[02:57.70]And it was dark
[03:01.54]So dark at night
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[03:05.16]And we held on to each other
[03:08.34]Like brother to brother
[03:13.49]We promised our mothers we’d write
[03:20.70]And we would all go down together
[03:27.04]We said we’s all go down together
[03:34.02]Yes we would all go down together
[03:39.71]
[03:51.25]Remember Charlie
[03:55.91]Remember Baker
[03:59.77]They left their childhood
[04:03.17]On every acre
[04:06.86]And who was wrong?
[04:10.70]And who was right?
[04:14.24]It didn’t matter in the thick
[04:18.31]Of the fight
[04:20.10]
[04:27.15]We held the day
[04:33.23]In the palm
[04:36.87]Of our hand
[04:41.80]They ruled the night
[04:47.75]And the night
[04:51.65]Seemed to last as long as
[04:56.24]Six weeks on Parris Islands
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[05:02.27]We held the coastline
[05:05.52]They held the highlands
[05:09.36]And they were sharp
[05:12.53]As sharp as knives
[05:16.53]They heard the hum of our motors
[05:20.71]They counted the rotors
[05:24.56]And waited for us to arrive
[05:29.10]
[05:31.44]And we would all go down together
[05:38.07]We said we’d all go down together
[05:45.22]Yes we would all go down together
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