I was 17 when I quit school, the year that I enlisted
I don’t recall just why I did, my mom says that I insisted
I had some strange idea then, that Uncle Sam was right
Momma cried; she signed the card, and then I went off to fight
But I just found out this morning, the doctor told me so
They killed me in Vietnam, and I didn’t even know
Got off the plane in Vietnam, it didn’t look like war
With all I saw I started wonderin’ what we came there for
Some officers got drunk at night and cheated on their wives
While those peasants on the other side, where fightin’ for their lives
You know the army tried some fancy stuff, to bring them to their knees
Like Agent Orange defoliants, to clear the brush and trees
They fly all day above the trails, through clouds of poison spray
But they never said that them chemicals, would hurt our health today
But I got the news this morning, the doctor told me so
They killed me in Vietnam, and I didn’t even know
Well I tried hard to forget that war like everybody else did
I settled down, got married, and I even had some kids
Our children both had birth defects, the doctors had their doubts
They never said what caused it, but I think I just found out
Because I just found out this morning, yeah, the doctor told me so
They killed me in Vietnam, and I didn’t even know
The doctor says I have some time, he’s trying to be kind
Your know I’ve never been a radical, but this has changed my mind
I’d be so proud to hear my son say, “Hell no we won’t go
Because you killed our dad in Vietnam, and he didn’t even know”
This Agent Orange from Vietnam, we carry it with us still
Stays inside for years and years - it does its best to kill
You might get cancer of the liver; you might get cancer of the skin
You get a VA disability; you might not live to win
Because I got the news this morning, the doctor told me so
They killed me in Vietnam, and I didn’t even know
They killed me in Vietnam, and I didn’t even know

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