Goodnight Saigon-Billy Joel

[ti:Goodnight Saigon] [ar:Billy Joel] [al:12 Gardens Live] [by:] [offset:0] [00:01.86]Goodnight Saigon [00:03.36] [00:46.50]We met as soul mates [00:52.88]On Parris Islands [00:57.27]We left as inmates [01:01.60]From an asylum [01:06.05]And we were sharp [01:10.58]As sharp as knives [01:14.96]And we were so gung ho [01:18.28]To lay down our lives [01:22.74] [01:23.93]We came in spastic [01:28.33]Like tameless horses [01:32.65]We left in plastic [01:36.89]As numbered corpses [01:41.51]And we learned fast [01:45.89]To travel light [01:50.59]Our arms were heavy [01:53.23]But our bellies were tight [01:59.56] [02:11.10]We had no home front [02:17.12]We had no soft soap [02:21.45]They sent us Playboy [02:25.84]They gave us Bob Hope [02:30.43]We dug in deep [02:34.70]And shot on sight [02:38.96]And prayed to Jesus Christ [02:42.92]With all of our might [02:47.05] [02:47.87]We had no cameras [02:52.14]To shoot the landscape [02:56.28]We passed the hash pipe [03:00.22]And played our Doors tapes [03:04.50]And it was dark [03:08.70]So dark at night [03:12.91]And we held on to each other [03:18.22]Like brother to brother [03:22.31]We promised our mothers we'd write [03:29.15] [03:30.08]And we would all go down together [03:36.73] [03:37.56]We said we's all go down together [03:45.07] [03:46.40]Yes we would all go down together [03:54.79] [04:05.46]Remember Charlie [04:11.20]Remember Baker [04:15.03]They left their childhood [04:19.24]On every acre [04:23.31]And who was wrong [04:27.26]And who was right [04:31.47]It didn't matter in the thick [04:35.54]Of the fight [04:38.67] [04:45.38]We held the day [04:52.67]In the palm [04:57.05]Of our hand [05:02.13]They ruled the night [05:09.22]And the night [05:13.37]Seemed to last as long as [05:18.25]Six weeks on Parris Islands [05:24.87]We held the coastline [05:28.68]They held the highlands [05:32.74]And they were sharp [05:36.77]As sharp as knives [05:40.78]They heard the hum of our motors [05:45.75]They counted the rotors [05:49.88]And waited for us to arrive [05:56.14] [05:57.64]And we would all go down together [06:05.50]We said we'd all go down together [06:13.77]Yes we would all go down together