Vietnam

(Jimmy Cliff)

Hey Vietnam,

Vietnam, Vietnam,

Vietnam Vietnam,

Vietnam, Vietnam

Yesterday

I got a letter from my friend fighting in

Vietnam And this is what he had to say: '

Tell all my friends that

I'll be coming home soon

My time'll be up some time in

June Don't forget', he said, 'to tell my sweet

Mary Her golden lips are sweet as cherry'

And it came from

Vietnam, Vietnam,

Vietnam, Vietnam

Vietnam, Vietnam,

Vietnam It was just the next day his mother got a telegram

It was addressed from

Vietnam Now mistress

Brown, she lives in the

USA And this is what she wrote and said: '

Don't be alarmed', she told me the telegram said '

But mistress

Brown your son is dead'

And it came from

Vietnam, Vietnam,

Vietnam, Vietnam

Vietnam, Vietnam - hey -

Vietnam Somebody please stop that war now!

Vietnam, Vietnam,

Vietnam, Vietnam - oh

Vietnam, Vietnam - oh -

Vietnam, oh oh oh oh - somebody please stop it

Vietnam, Vietnam - oh -

Vietnam, Vietnam, oh oh oh oh

Vietnam - hey -

Vietnam - aha -

Vietnam - oh oh yeah

I wanna say now somebody stop that war -

Vietnam .... - oh yeah, aha .... from '

Wonderful

World, Beautiful

People' (1970)