Goodnight Saigon

About Goodnight Saigon

"Goodnight Saigon" is a song written by Billy Joel, originally appearing on his 1982 album The Nylon Curtain, about the Vietnam War. It depicts the situation and attitude of United States Marines beginning with their military training on Parris Island and then into different aspects of Vietnam combat.

Year:

2004

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We met as soul mates 
On Paris Island 
We left as inmates 
From an asylum 
And we were sharp 
As sharp as knives 
And we were so gun ho to lay down our lives. 

We came in spastic 
Like tame less 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 onto 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 hands 
They, ruled the night 
And the night, seemed to last as long as six weeks 
On Paris Island 
We held the coastline 
They held the highland 
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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Billy Joel

William Martin "Billy" Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American pianist, singer-songwriter, and composer. Since releasing his first hit song, "Piano Man," in 1973, Joel has become the sixth best-selling recording artist and the third best-selling solo artist in the United States, according to the RIAA. He also has the third best-selling album in the United States with his Greatest Hits Vol. 1 & 2. more »

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