Goodnight Saigon-Billy Joel

[ti:Goodnight Saigon] [ar:Billy Joel] [al:The Complete Hits Collection:1] [by:] [offset:0] [01:01.85]We met as soul mates [01:06.03] [01:06.91]On Parris Islands [01:08.97] [01:10.59]We left as inmates [01:13.30] [01:14.36]From an asylum [01:16.49] [01:17.96]And we were sharp [01:19.96] [01:21.52]As sharp as knives [01:23.65] [01:25.26]And we were so gung ho [01:28.44]To lay down our lives [01:30.60] [01:32.67]We came in spastic [01:35.04] [01:36.35]Like tameless horses [01:38.41] [01:39.97]We left in plastic [01:41.97] [01:43.35]As numbered corpses [01:45.74] [01:47.36]And we learned fast [01:49.48] [01:50.92]To travel light [01:52.92] [01:54.61]Our arms were heavy [01:57.74]But our bellies were tight [02:00.05] [02:12.05]We had no home front [02:16.61] [02:17.30]We had no soft soap [02:20.23] [02:20.85]They sent us Playboy [02:23.23] [02:24.46]They gave us Bob Hope [02:27.22] [02:28.16]We dug in deep [02:31.13] [02:32.38]And shot on sight [02:34.82] [02:35.57]And prayed to Jesus Christ [02:38.07]With all of our might [02:40.89] [02:42.95]We had no cameras [02:45.39] [02:46.70]To shoot the landscape [02:49.89]We passed the hash pipe [02:53.08] [02:54.14]And played our Doors tapes [02:56.89] [02:57.89]And it was dark [02:59.87] [03:01.00]So dark at night [03:03.94] [03:05.32]And we held on to each other [03:09.50] [03:10.06]Like brother to brother [03:12.44] [03:13.31]We promised our mothers we'd write [03:16.06] [03:20.20]And we would all go down together [03:23.08] [03:24.46]We said we's all go down together [03:31.29] [03:34.44]Yes we would all go down together [03:40.37] [03:51.37]Remember Charlie [03:54.68] [03:56.04]Remember Baker [03:58.79] [03:59.66]They left their childhood [04:02.73] [04:03.35]On every acre [04:05.60] [04:06.79]And who was wrong [04:09.10] [04:09.98]And who was right [04:12.89] [04:14.52]It didn't matter in the thick [04:17.47] [04:27.93]Of the fight [04:28.69]We held the day [04:32.58] [04:41.57]In the palm [04:45.57] [04:46.32]Of our hand [04:48.32]They ruled the night [04:49.44]And the night [04:50.76] [04:52.13]Seemed to last as long as [04:55.26] [04:56.01]Six weeks on Parris Islands [04:59.65] [05:02.51]We held the coastline [05:04.26] [05:04.88]They held the highlands [05:07.70] [05:08.95]And they were sharp [05:10.64] [05:12.51]As sharp as knives [05:14.51] [05:17.34]They heard the hum of our motors [05:21.02] [05:21.53]They counted the rotors [05:23.09] [05:24.15]And waited for us to arrive [05:27.28] [05:30.96]And we would all go down together [05:34.98] [05:38.10]We said we'd all go down together [05:43.29] [05:45.17]Yes we would all go down together