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One Hit Wonders Lyrics
Paul Hardcastle
Nineteen Lyrics
In 1965 Vietnam seemed like just another foreign war,
but it wasn't.
It
was different in many ways, as so were tose that did the fighting.
In World
War II the average age of the combat soldier was 26...
In Vietnam he was
19.
In inininininin Vietnam he was 19.
(TV announcer's
voice)
The shooting and fighting of the past two weeks continued today
25
miles west of Saigon
I really wasn't sure what was going on (Vet's
Voice)
Nininini Nineteen, 19, Ni-nineteen 19
19,19,19,19
In
Vietnam the combat soldier typicaly served a twelve month tour of duty
but
was exposed to hostile fire almost everyday
Ninininininininininin 19
nininininninin 19
Hundreds of Thousands of men who saw heavy combat in
Vietnam were arrested
since discharge
Their arrest rate is almost twice
that of non-veterans of the same age.
There are no accurate figures of how
many of these men have been incarcerated.
But, a Veterans Administration
study concludes that the greater of Vets
exposure to combat could more likely
affect his chances of being arrested or
convicted.
This is one legacy
of the Vietnam War
(Singing Girls)
All those who remember the
war
They won't forget what they've seen..
Destruction of men in their
prime
whose average was
19
Dedededededede-Destruction
Dedededededede-Destruction
War,
War
Dededede-Destruction, wa-wa-War, wa-War,
War
Dedededededede-Destruction
War, War
After World War II the Men
came home together on troop ships, but the Vietnam
Vet often arrived home
within 48 hours of jungle combat
Perhaps the most dramatic difference between
World War II and VietNam was
coming home.. .none of them received a hero's
welcome
None of them received a heroes welcome, none of them, none of
them
Nenene Nenene None of them, none of them, none of them (etc...)
None
of them received a hero's welcome
None of them received a hero's
welcome
According to a Veteran's Administration study
Half of the
Vietnam combat veterans suffered from what Psychiatrists
call
Post-Traumatic-Stress-Disorder
Many vets complain of alienation,
rage, or guilt
Some succumb to suicidal thoughts
Eight to Ten years after
coming home almost eight-hundred-thousand men are
still fighting the VietNam
War
(Singing
Girls)
Dedededededede-Destruction
Nininininininininin Nineteen, 19,
Ni-nineteen 19
19,19,19,19
Nininininininininin Nineteen, 19, Ni-nineteen
19
19,19,19,19
(Soldiers Voice)
When we came back it was
different.. Everybody wants to know "How'd it
happenned to those guys over
there
There's gotta be something wrong somewhere
We did what we had to
do
There's gotta be something wrong somewhere
People wanted us to be
ashamed of what it made us
Dad had no idea what he went to fight and he is
now
All we want to do is come home
All we want to do is come home
What
did we do it for
All we want to do is come home
Was it worth it
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