Hey, whoever you are...

Here are those lyrics you're looking for. The song by Billy Joel? About the Nam Vets? Yeah, you... It's called "Goodnight Saigon" and the lyrics are in the EP... (click on the words "extended play" right down there...)

Fade in to the sound of crickets chirping, then wind chimes softly tinkling.... in the background, coming closer, you hear a chopper... It "flies by" and then the piano starts....

We met as soul mates
On Parris Island
We left as inmates
From an asylum
And we were sharp
As sharp as knives
And we were so gung ho
To lay down our lives

We came in spastic
Like tameless horses
We left in plastic
As numbered corpses
And we learned fast
To travel light
Our arms were heavy
But our bellies were tight

We had no home front
We had no soft soap
They sent us Playboy
They gave us Bob Hope
We dug in deep
And shot on sight
And prayed to Jesus Christ
With all of our might

We had no cameras
To shoot the landscape
We passed the hash pipe
And played our Doors tapes
And it was dark
So dark at night
And we held on to each other
Like brother to brother
We promised our mothers we'd write
And we would all go down together
We said we'd all go down together
Yes we would all go down together

Remember Charlie
Remember Baker
They left their childhood
On every acre
And who was wrong?
And who was right?
It didn't matter in the thick of the fight

We held the day
In the palm
Of our hand
They ruled the night
And the night
Seemed to last as long as six weeks
On Parris Island

We held the coastline
They held the highlands
And they were sharp
As sharp as knives
They heard the hum of our motors
They counted the rotors
And waited for us to arrive
And we would all go down together
We said we'd all go down together
Yes we would all go down together

The voices fade away, to again be slowly overtaken by the sound of chimes and crickets chirping....

The chorus was sung by Viet Nam Vets, from what I understand.
What I KNOW is that I can't hear this song without being covered in goosebumps... it's beautiful and chilling at the same time.

And, while I'm on this subject...

I'm not gonna let a chance go by, here, to say "Thank you" AGAIN to every single one of you guys, you Nam Vets, for what you did and what you gave. And, I want to apologize profusely for the hell you've gone through in the last 30 years and for all the clueless imbeciles who just don't get it.

And, I don't mean this politically, I mean it PERSONALLY.

I love you guys and I'll respect you all, forever.

Posted by: Stevie at 01:02 PM

Comments

Posted by: Mad Mikey at August 18, 2004 02:40 PM (NmR1a)

Posted by: anna at August 18, 2004 03:51 PM (ovoZE)

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