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 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
Submitted by Michael Hack
Billy Joel - Goodnight Saigon (04:15)
Billy Joel Goodnight Saigon (C) 1983 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Whoever spit on the troops coming home should be hanged for treason stupid hippies.
Autor: loserhero1982 - 3 months, 4 weeks ago
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there is nothing legit about our uk forces joining us forces in wars that are created by knobs in the us.
and as for joining forces there are a lot of allied forces being killed by the us forces
under what is so called friendly fire.
you get killed by someone on your side i dont call that friendly.
i realy dont want to argue this point with you.
but the fact is there are people getting killed for what.
dont say for our kids future.
our forefathers fought for that.
Autor: 210357tommy - 3 months, 3 weeks ago
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Yeah but those soldiers are doing it for a pay cheque
Autor: jd27x - 3 months, 4 weeks ago
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@210357tommy The US was dragged into Vietnam thanks to the French. So the only allied troop deaths on the American till are those from the War on Terror and several UN "peace keeping" missions they signed off on. Desert Storm was a legit action so basically Iraqi Freedom and the Afghan campaign are left.
