[ti:Goodnight Saigon] [ar:Billy Joel] [al:] [00:04.76]Goodnight Saigon [00:07.48] [01:01.73]We met as soul mates [01:06.42]On Parris Islands [01:10.17]We left as inmates [01:13.66]From an asylum [01:17.51]And we were sharp [01:21.23]As sharp as knives [01:24.91]And we were so gung ho [01:28.00]To lay down our lives [01:30.40] [01:32.57]We came in spastic [01:35.78]Like tameless horses [01:39.38]We left in plastic [01:43.13]As numbered corpses [01:46.97]And we learned fast [01:50.04]To travel light [01:54.27]Our arms were heavy [01:56.88]But our bellies were tight [01:59.89] [02:12.31]We had no home front [02:16.77]We had no soft soap [02:20.33]They sent us Playboy [02:24.33]They gave us Bob Hope [02:27.92]We dug in deep [02:31.49]And shot on sight [02:35.34]And prayed to Jesus Christ [02:37.97]With all of our might [02:40.79] [02:43.33]We had no cameras [02:46.37]To shoot the landscape [02:50.20]We passed the hash pipe [02:53.92]And played our Doors tapes [02:57.70]And it was dark [03:01.54]So dark at night [03:03.76] [03:05.16]And we held on to each other [03:08.34]Like brother to brother [03:13.49]We promised our mothers we@d write [03:20.70]And we would all go down together [03:27.04]We said we@s all go down together [03:34.02]Yes we would all go down together [03:39.71] [03:51.25]Remember Charlie [03:55.91]Remember Baker [03:59.77]They left their childhood [04:03.17]On every acre [04:06.86]And who was wrong? [04:10.70]And who was right? [04:14.24]It didn@t matter in the thick [04:18.31]Of the fight [04:20.10] [04:27.15]We held the day [04:33.23]In the palm [04:36.87]Of our hand [04:41.80]They ruled the night [04:47.75]And the night [04:51.65]Seemed to last as long as [04:56.24]Six weeks on Parris Islands [05:01.09] [05:02.27]We held the coastline [05:05.52]They held the highlands [05:09.36]And they were sharp [05:12.53]As sharp as knives [05:16.53]They heard the hum of our motors [05:20.71]They counted the rotors [05:24.56]And waited for us to arrive [05:29.10] [05:31.44]And we would all go down together [05:38.07]We said we@d all go down together [05:45.22]Yes we would all go down together [05:51.07] [05:54.57] [05:58.30]