Goodnight Saigon (Live)

We met as soulmates 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 as 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 played to Jesus Christ with all of our might

We had no cameras to shoot the landscape

We passed the hash pipe

We played our Doors tapes

And it was dark, so dark at night

And we counted 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 childhoods 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 hands

They held the nights

And the night seem to last as long as six weeks

On Parris island

We held the coastline they held the highlands

And they were sharp, so 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

Thank you very much

Thank you