Goodnight Saigon (Live at Shea Stadium, Queens, NY - July 2008)-Billy Joel

[ti:Goodnight Saigon(Live At Shea, 2008)] [ar:Billy Joel] [al:Live At Shea Stadium] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Goodnight Saigon (Live at Shea Stadium, Queens, NY - July 2008) - Billy Joel [00:51.69]We met as soulmates [00:57.15]On Parris Inland [01:01.43]We left as inmates [01:05.34]From an asylum [01:09.78]And we were sharp [01:13.90]As sharp as knives [01:18.15]And we were so gung ho to lay down our lives [01:26.31]We came in spastic [01:30.47]Like tameless horses [01:34.65]We left in plastic [01:38.84]As numbered corpses [01:43.13]And we learned fast [01:47.40]To travel light [01:51.59]Our arms were heavy but our bellies were tight [02:11.37]We had no homefront [02:16.81]We had no soft soap [02:21.02]They sent us playboy [02:25.23]They gave us bob hope [02:29.47]We dug in deep [02:33.76]And shot on sight [02:38.01]And prayed to Jesus Christ with all of our might [02:46.55]We had no cameras [02:50.55]To shoot the landscape [02:54.57]We passed the hash pipe [02:58.65]And played our Doors tapes [03:02.69]And it was dark [03:06.81]So dark at night [03:10.91]And we held onto each other [03:16.18]Like brother to bother [03:20.24]We promised our mothers we'd write [03:28.13]And we would all go down together [03:36.47]We said we'd all go down together [03:44.57]Yes we would all go down together [04:03.40]Remember Charlie [04:08.80]Remember Baker [04:12.73]They left their childhood [04:16.76]On every acre [04:20.80]And who was wrong [04:24.89]And who was right [04:29.00]It didn't matter in the thick of the fight [04:43.16]We held the day [04:50.40]In the palm of our hands [05:00.10]They ruled the night [05:07.54]And the night seemed to last as long as six weeks [05:19.51]On Parris Island [05:23.78]We held the coastline [05:27.52]They held the highland [05:31.30]And they were sharp [05:35.51]As sharp as knives [05:39.42]They heard the hum of the mortars [05:44.76]They counted the rotors [05:48.92]And waited for us to arrive [05:56.76]And we would all go down together [06:04.91]We said we'd all go down together [06:13.13]Yes we would all go down together