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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

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