Vietnam

By Luke Sloan

This is a song, neither is right or wrong

About how to tell the stories of the war with the Vietcong.

 

There goes lavender on the floor

He was the first out the door.

Then goes Curt Lemon up in the trees

When a bright light came from under his knees.

It was a 105 round that threw him up

What a shame that he blew up up up up. 

He was just playing arounddddddd like the kid that he was

With best friend in the world Rat Kiley.

 

We go oohoohooh for their lost souls

We go oohoohoho, ohohoho ohoho.

 

O’Brien, what a confused soul he is.

He writes about things that we just couldn’t fixed.

It was Lynn B Johnson that took us to war

And what a tragedy it made the U.S. Poor!

It was Lynn B Johnson who spoke to me

On how this is our war.

We spent billions an billions an billions an billions of money

Sent millions and millions and millions of people off to war.

 

We go oohoohooh for their lost souls

We go oohoohoho, ohohoho ohoho.

    

It was rainy all day and all night

And our boots were soaked all through the fight.

We had a rough time even just to see.

Through all the ups and down

All we really wanted was to make you proud

Even if we didn’t agree with the war

We couldn’t just put you down 

 

It was Lynn B Johnson that took us to war

And what a tragedy it made the U.S. Poor!

It was Lynn B Johnson who spoke to me

On how this is our war.

We spent billions an billions an billions an billions of money

Sent millions and millions and millions of people off to war.

 

We go oohoohooh for their lost souls

We go oohoohoho,  ohohoho ohoho, 

 

The rich ripped us off and called out to me

And forced our poor souls down to defeat.

They bought their way out of all misery

And booed us all the way back home

All the way back home.

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