Billy Joel - Goodnight Saigon Lyrics

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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 the 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

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lyrics submitted by sam
lyrics corrected on 29-07-2005