Goodnight Saigon (Live in Moscow & Leningrad, Russia - July/August 1987)-Billy Joel

[ti:Goodnight Saigon(Live)] [ar:Billy Joel] [al:Piano Man/52nd Street/Kohuept ] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Goodnight Saigon (Live in Moscow & Leningrad, Russia - July/August 1987) - Billy Joel [01:26.54]We met as soul mates [01:31.05] [01:32.18]On Parris Islands [01:35.05] [01:36.18]We left as inmates [01:39.12] [01:40.24]From an asylum [01:43.12] [01:44.43]And we were sharp [01:46.81] [01:48.62]As sharp as knives [01:50.74] [01:52.93]And we were so gung ho [01:55.68]To lay down our lives [01:58.29] [02:00.91]We came in spastic [02:03.35] [02:05.04]Like tameless horses [02:08.04] [02:09.23]We left in plastic [02:12.10] [02:13.23]As numbered corpses [02:16.35] [02:17.35]And we learned fast [02:19.67] [02:21.23]To travel light [02:23.54] [02:25.60]Our arms were heavy [02:28.16]But our bellies were tight [02:31.41] [02:44.67]We had no home front [02:49.04] [02:50.41]We had no soft soap [02:53.42] [02:54.54]They sent us Playboy [02:57.61] [02:58.67]They gave us Bob Hope [03:01.79] [03:02.67]We dug in deep [03:04.73] [03:06.92]And shot on sight [03:09.11] [03:11.10]And prayed to Jesus Christ [03:14.17]With all of our might [03:16.98] [03:19.17]We had no cameras [03:22.23] [03:23.23]To shoot the landscape [03:25.61] [03:27.17]We passed the hash pipe [03:30.04] [03:30.98]And played our Doors tapes [03:33.86] [03:34.98]And it was dark [03:37.11] [03:38.61]So dark at night [03:40.86] [03:42.80]And we held on to each other [03:46.61] [03:47.48]Like brother to brother [03:50.48] [03:51.84]We promised our mothers we'd write [03:55.65] [03:58.53]And we would all go down together [04:03.84] [04:05.90]We said we's all go down together [04:11.97] [04:13.22]Yes we would all go down together [04:20.55] [04:31.05]Remember Charlie [04:35.36] [04:36.29]Remember Baker [04:39.11] [04:39.99]They left their childhood [04:42.86] [04:43.80]On every acre [04:46.61] [04:47.49]And who was wrong [04:49.42] [04:51.36]And who was right [04:53.55] [04:55.17]It didn't matter in the thick [04:58.67]Of the fight [05:00.17] [05:08.24]We held the day [05:12.80] [05:15.18]In the palm [05:16.43] [05:18.99]Of our hand [05:20.67] [05:23.93]They ruled the night [05:28.38] [05:31.06]And the night [05:32.63] [05:34.75]Seemed to last as long as [05:39.67]Six weeks on Parris Islands [05:44.85] [05:46.04]We held the coastline [05:48.98] [05:49.73]They held the highlands [05:52.61] [05:53.54]And they were sharp [05:55.49] [05:57.04]As sharp as knives [05:59.17] [06:00.86]They heard the hum of our motors [06:05.30]They counted the rotors [06:08.17] [06:09.05]And waited for us to arrive [06:13.92] [06:15.92]And we would all go down together [06:21.86] [06:23.36]We said we'd all go down together [06:29.48] [06:30.55]Yes we would all go down together