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Verse 1
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"Good evening ' I'm Ross Sy mons,
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with the news from ABC
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A record profit's been announced
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In the second cricket test in Perth,
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Whilst the drought in Western
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Means dearer cuts of meat
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pondent in Saigon
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Says three Australian soldiers
Verse 2
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The special correspondent
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sat in a Saigon bar
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With the help of Johnny Walker
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And questions with no an swers
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that had rattled round his head
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Had lost their urgent clarity
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and were faded round the edge
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Thought tomorrow they'd again
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be sharp and clear
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Tonight they had been lost amongst
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the bar girls and the beer
Verse 3
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Ask a silly question,
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like why the heel we're here
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Learning how to live with death,
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War's a game for soldiers; it's
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not for men like you.
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Is there something that you have to find
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Or something you must prove
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Or are you hooked upon the adrenaline
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That living on the
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edge of dying brings
Verse 4
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But here you are in Vietnam; you're
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a long way from home
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Doing what you're paid to do,
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the best way that you can
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Objectively you watch the war,
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never taking sides
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And what you feel, what you really feel,
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You're not being paid to moralize,
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And anyway,
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a can lose his reason asking why.
Verse 5
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And if you ever get back home,
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you'll never be the same
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The man that was before Vietnam
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But in ten years when you look back
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to weigh and count the cost,
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Perhaps you'll find that Vietnam
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gave you back more than you lost
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And from it, if you learn nothing else,
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Perhaps you may get to know yourself.
Verse 6
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Roll up, roll up and see the show,
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TV soldiers in a row
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Hear them laugh, hear them cry,
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watch them run, see them die
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It's not in color, but that's all right
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War's better viewed in black and white
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White for us and black for them
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With no gray shadows in between.
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