VIETNAM FAREWELL
©1989 – music and words by John R. Black, â„— 42nd Street Music Seattle
I can hear the voices crying
Crying lonely in the night
I can see the people dying
Will we ever do things right?
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I hear the children singing
Singing how can we be free
If our fathers kill our freedom
With bombs dropped for liberty
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(Spoken:)
We die with the dying.
See, they depart and we go with them.
We are born with the dead.
See, they return and bring us with them.
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Tom Davis says so long
Roger Donlon’s Nam Dong
Mekong Delta and DMZ
A distant memory
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John Paul Vann farewell
Not enough words to tell
Our gratitude to those who gave it all
We honor you for answering the call
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Jeremiah Denton sheds a tear
For the many still not here
Living on in our memories
We pray for their return
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Lance Corporal Judge goodbye
And the tens of thousands who died
Harry Peoples and Captain Holland too
In our hearts we honor you