Vietnam-Jimmy Cliff

(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)