Goodnight Saigon (Live)

We met as soulmates on Parris island
We left as inmates from an asylum
And we were sharp, as sharp as knives
And we were so gung ho to lay down our lives
We came in spastic as tameless horses
We left in plastic as numbered corpses
And we learned fast to travel light
Our arms were heavy but our bellies were tight
We had no home front, we had no soft soap
They sent us Playboy, they gave us Bob Hope
We dug in deep and shot on sight
And played to Jesus Christ with all of our might
We had no cameras to shoot the landscape
We passed the hash pipe
We played our Doors tapes
And it was dark, so dark at night
And we counted on to each other
Like brother to brother
We promised our mothers we'd write
And we would all go down together
We said we'd all go down together
Yes we would all go down together
Remember Charlie, remember Baker
They left their childhoods on every acre
And who was wrong? And who was right?
It didn't matter in the thick of the fight
We held the day in the palm of our hands
They held the nights
And the night seem to last as long as six weeks
On Parris island
We held the coastline they held the highlands
And they were sharp, so sharp as knives
They heard the hum of the motors
They counted the rotors
And waited for us to arrive
And we would all go down together
We said we'd all go down together
Yes we would all go down together
Thank you very much
Thank you