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Johnny Cash

Singin' In Vietnam Talkin Blues

Cash Johnny
One mornin' at breakfast, I said to my wife,
We been everywhere once and some places twice,
As I had another helping of country ham,
She said 'We ain't never been to Vietnam,
'And there's a bunch of our boys over there.'
So we went – to the Orient: Saigon.

Well we got a big welcome when we drove in,
Through the gates of a place that they call Long Vinh.
We checked in and everything got kinda quiet,
But a soldier boy said: 'Just wait 'til tonight,
'Things get noisy. Things start happenin'.
'Big bad firecrackers.'

Well that night we did about four shows for the boys,
And they were livin' it up with a whole lot of noise.
We did our last song for the night,
And we crawled into bed for some peace and quiet,
But things weren't peaceful. And things weren't quiet.
Things were scary.

Well for a few minutes June never said one word,
And I thought at first that she hadn't heard.
Then a shell exploded not two miles away,
She sat up in bed and I heard her say: 'What was that?'
I said: 'That was a shell, or a bomb.'
She said: 'I'm scared.' I said 'Me too.'

Well all night long that noise kept on,
And the sound would chill you right to the bone.
The bullets and the bombs, and the mortar shells,
Shook our bed every time one fell,
And it never let up; it was gonna get worse,
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Before it got any better.

Well when the sun came up, the noise died down,
We got a few minutes sleep, an' we were sleepin' sound,
When a soldier knocked on our door and said:
'Last night they brought in seven dead, and 14 wounded.'
And would we come down to the base hospital, and see the boys.
'Yes!'

So we went to the hospital ward by day,
And every night we were singin' away.
Then the shells and the bombs was goin' again.
And the helicopters brought in the wounded men.
Night after night; day after day.
Comin' and a goin'.

So we sadly sang for them our last song,
And reluctantly we said: 'So long.'
We did our best to let 'em know that we care,
For every last one of 'em that's over there.
Whether we belong over there or not.
Somebody over here love's 'em, and needs 'em

Well now that's about all that there is to tell,
About that little trip into livin' hell.
And if I ever go back over there any more,
I hope there's none of our boys there for me to sing for;
I hope that war is over with,
And they all come back home,
To stay.

In peace.





Johnny Cash
Miscellaneous 6
Album songs
1.Supper Time
2.The Sons Of Katie Elder
3.Farther Along
4.The Flint Arrowhead
5.In the Sweet By and By
6.Greystone Chapel [Live]
7.Rock Of Ages
8.The Lady Came from Baltimore
9.Accidentally On Purpose
10.I Got Shoes
11.I Shall Not Be Moved
12.Sugartime - Overdubbed Master
13.Heroes
14.Mercy Seat
15.Ringing The Bells For Jim
16.The Troubadour
17.Missouri Waltz
18.Sweet Betsy from Pike
19.Another Song To Sing
20.In Bethlehem
21.I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen
22.I'm Going To Memphis
23.Goodbye Little Darling
24.Foolish Questions
25.I'm Proud The Baby Is Mine
26.Just As I Am
27.Please Don't Play Red River Valley
28.How Great Thou Art
29.Still In Town
30.Hung My Head
31.Brown Eyed Handsome Man
32.Who At My Door Is Standing
33.Time And Time Again
34.The Wall (Live)
35.Goodbye, Little Darlin'
36.Song Of The Patriot (with Marty Robbins)
37.When He Reached Down
38.Why Do You Punish Me (For Loving You)
39.Seasons of My Heart
40.Cocaine Carolina
41.Johnny Reb
42.Shrimpin' Sailin'
43.Blue Suede Shoes
44.I Don't Know Where I'm Bound
45.The Bug That Tried To Crawl Around The World
46.Reflections
47.Suppertime
48.The Cowboy Who Started The Fight
49.One More Ride
50.Dirty Old Egg-Suckin' Dog
51.One More Ride-(w Marty Stuart)
52.The Blizzard
53.When Papa Played the Dobro
54.Clementine
55.Nazarene
56.The Engineer's Dying Child
57.I'll Remember You
58.Please Don't Let Me Out
59.Calilou
60.Unchained
61.Drums
62.It Ain't Nothing New Babe
63.Roll Call
64.A Wednesday Car
65.Put The Sugar To Bed
66.Strawberry Cake
67.In Garden Of Gethsemane
68.If It Wasn't For The Wabash River
69.Softly & Tenderly
70.I Corinthians 15:55
71.Country Pie
72.Living The Blues
73.For You
74.A Beautiful Day
75.There Ain't No Good Chain Gang
76.On the Road Again
77.Ain't No Good Chain Gang
78.BURY ME NOT
79.CHATTANOGA CITY LIMIT SIGN
80.COMMITTED TO PARKVIEW
81.Cowboy's Prayer
82.DEATH AND HELL
83.Even Cowgirls Get The Blues
84.TROUBLESOME WATERS
85.Highway Patrolman
86.If I Were A Carpenter
87.I'm Gonna Sit On My Porch And Pick On My Ol' Guita
88.Jealous Loving Heart
89.Kneeling Drunkard's Plea
90.NEXT IN LINE
91.Singin' In Vietnam Talkin Blues (Modify)
92.Spiritual
93.TENNESSEE STUD
94.The Alamo
95.THE FOURTH MAN
96.The Man Who Couldn't Cry
97.There Ain't No Easy Runs
98.Troubador