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

[ti:Goodnight Saigon] [ar:Billy Joel] [al:A Matter of Trust - The Bridge to Russia: The Music (Live)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Goodnight Saigon (Live in Moscow & Leningrad, Russia - July/August 1987) - Billy Joel [00:44.54]We met as soul mates [00:49.31] [00:50.25]On Parris Islands [00:52.81] [00:54.43]We left as inmates [00:56.76] [00:58.30]From an asylum [01:01.01] [01:02.62]And we were sharp [01:04.81] [01:06.58]As sharp as knives [01:08.80] [01:10.99]And we were so gung ho [01:14.02]To lay down our lives [01:16.29] [01:19.12]We came in spastic [01:21.43] [01:23.19]Like tameless horses [01:25.62] [01:27.20]We left in plastic [01:29.95] [01:31.40]As numbered corpses [01:33.81] [01:35.50]And we learned fast [01:37.69] [01:39.48]To travel light [01:41.66] [01:43.77]Our arms were heavy [01:45.61] [01:46.28]But our bellies were tight [01:49.08] [02:02.86]We had no home front [02:07.53] [02:08.61]We had no soft soap [02:10.97] [02:12.51]They sent us Playboy [02:14.96] [02:16.82]They gave us Bob Hope [02:19.34] [02:20.83]We dug in deep [02:22.44] [02:25.22]And shot on sight [02:27.18] [02:29.21]And prayed to Jesus Christ [02:32.48]With all of our might [02:34.55] [02:37.31]We had no cameras [02:39.75] [02:41.33]To shoot the landscape [02:43.49] [02:45.24]We passed the hash pipe [02:47.51] [02:49.23]And played our Doors tapes [02:51.69] [02:53.18]And it was dark [02:54.82] [02:56.87]So dark at night [02:58.67] [03:00.97]And we held on to each other [03:03.90] [03:05.52]Like brother to brother [03:08.35] [03:09.38]We promised our mothers we'd write [03:13.48] [03:16.80]And we would all go down together [03:21.11] [03:24.18]We said we's all go down together [03:28.53] [03:31.42]Yes we would all go down together [03:35.86] [03:49.19]Remember Charlie [03:53.02] [03:54.50]Remember Baker [03:56.75] [03:58.11]They left their childhood [04:00.38] [04:01.81]On every acre [04:04.23] [04:05.58]And who was wrong [04:07.65] [04:09.59]And who was right [04:11.40] [04:13.36]It didn't matter in the thick [04:16.57] [04:17.25]Of the fight [04:18.05] [04:26.31]We held the day [04:30.84] [04:33.30]In the palm [04:34.77] [04:37.08]Of our hand [04:38.45] [04:42.08]They ruled the night [04:46.28] [04:49.31]And the night [04:50.64] [04:52.99]Seemed to last as long as [04:57.37] [04:58.12]Six weeks on Parris Islands [05:02.83] [05:04.29]We held the coastline [05:06.20] [05:07.73]They held the highlands [05:09.93] [05:11.53]And they were sharp [05:13.61] [05:15.27]As sharp as knives [05:17.14] [05:19.12]They heard the hum of our motors [05:22.44] [05:23.63]They counted the rotors [05:26.36] [05:27.25]And waited for us to arrive [05:31.36] [05:34.43]And we would all go down together [05:38.54] [05:41.62]We said we'd all go down together [05:45.56] [05:48.68]Yes we would all go down together