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Lyrics for Talking Vietnam by Phil Ochs:
| | | Artist: | Phil Ochs |
| | Album: | Unknown | | Track: | Talking Vietnam | | | | Date Added: | 18/10/2007 | | Views: | 83 | | | | Lyrics: | Sailing over to Vietnam,
Southeast Asian Birmingham.
Well training is the word we
use,
Nice word to have in case we lose.
Training a million Vietnamese
To fight for the
wrong government and the American Way.
Well they put me in a barracks house
Just across
the way from Laos.
They said you're pretty safe when the troops deploy
But don't turn your
back on your house boy
When they ring the gong, watch out for the Viet-Cong.
Well the
sergeant said it's time to train
So I climbed aboard my helicopter plane.
We flew above the
battle ground
A sniper tried to shoot us down.
He must have forgotten, we're only
trainees.
Them Commies never fight fair.
Friends the very next day we trained some
more
We burned some villages down to the floor.
Yes we burned out the jungles far and
wide,
Made sure those red apes had no place left to hide.
Threw all the people in relocation
camps,
Under lock and key, made damn sure they're free.
Well I walked through the
jungle and around the bend
Who should I meet but President Diem.
Said you're fighting to
keep Vietnam free
For good old de-em-moc-ra-cy (Diem-ocracy).
That means rule by one
family
And 15,000 American troops, give or take a
few
Thousand.
American.
Troops.
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