Vietnam

(Jimmy Cliff)
Hey Vietnam,
Vietnam, Vietnam,
Vietnam Vietnam,
Vietnam, Vietnam
Yesterday
I got a letter from my friend fighting in
Vietnam And this is what he had to say: '
Tell all my friends that
I'll be coming home soon
My time'll be up some time in
June Don't forget', he said, 'to tell my sweet
Mary Her golden lips are sweet as cherry'
And it came from
Vietnam, Vietnam,
Vietnam, Vietnam
Vietnam, Vietnam,
Vietnam It was just the next day his mother got a telegram
It was addressed from
Vietnam Now mistress
Brown, she lives in the
USA And this is what she wrote and said: '
Don't be alarmed', she told me the telegram said '
But mistress
Brown your son is dead'
And it came from
Vietnam, Vietnam,
Vietnam, Vietnam
Vietnam, Vietnam - hey -
Vietnam Somebody please stop that war now!
Vietnam, Vietnam,
Vietnam, Vietnam - oh
Vietnam, Vietnam - oh -
Vietnam, oh oh oh oh - somebody please stop it
Vietnam, Vietnam - oh -
Vietnam, Vietnam, oh oh oh oh
Vietnam - hey -
Vietnam - aha -
Vietnam - oh oh yeah
I wanna say now somebody stop that war -
Vietnam .... - oh yeah, aha .... from '
Wonderful
World, Beautiful
People' (1970)