VIETNAM FAREWELL
©1989 – music and words by John R. Black, ℗ 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?
I hear the children singing
Singing how can we be free
If our fathers kill our freedom
With bombs dropped for liberty
(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.
Tom Davis says so long
Roger Donlon’s Nam Dong
Mekong Delta and DMZ
A distant memory
John Paul Vann farewell
Not enough words to tell
Our gratitude to those who gave it all
We honor you for answering the call
Jeremiah Denton sheds a tear
For the many still not here
Living on in our memories
We pray for their return
Lance Corporal Judge goodbye
And the tens of thousands who died
Harry Peoples and Captain Holland too
In our hearts we honor you