The Fall Of Saigon

from The Thinking Machine by rizen

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Written By Jason A. Hill
Performed by rizen
Copyright 2014

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We were sent in as advisors
but when we arrived we arrived teenagers

we were given the mission to go out and kill

and piled the bodies high hill after bloody hill

we arrived in waves of mass fortunate sons

because we had the planes and we had the guns

our battles were fought out on the evening news

and no matter how much we gained we were always doomed to lose

the fall of Saigon
is what had become
the fall of saigon
the fall of saigon

our enemies fought us
like ghosts in the myst

so we kept our fingers on the trigger
and hope we wouldn’t miss

Our bombs fell from the sky
like the rains of the monsoon

which kept up the demand
for young fresh platoons

those of us who made it home
will never be the same

the antiwar protesters
said it was us who were to blame

Ho Chi Minh said he
would fight to the last man
so we had to fight a war
that we still don’t understand

The fall of saigon
is what had become

the fall of saigon
the fall of saigon
the fall of saigon
the fall of saigon
the fall of saigon
the fall of saigon
the fall of saigon
the fall of saigon
the fall of saigon

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from The Thinking Machine, track released October 30, 2017
Written By Jason A. Hill
Mixed by Isabelle Bano / Vulture Crown Studios

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