Vietnam Blues
Champion Jack Dupree| Original | Versione alternativa / Alternative version / Autre version |
| VIETNAM BLUES Well, I feel so sorry for the people over in Vietnam Yeah, I feel so sorry for the people over in Vietnam It’s a whole lot of pain, Uncle Sam don’t understand Why don’t you leave Vietnam? Leave those poor people alone Why don’t you leave Vietnam? Leave those poor, poor people alone They got a hell of a problem, just like I have at home Well, I know every mother, be glad to see her son come home Yeah I know every mother, be glad to see her son come home Yes Uncle Sam does well pack up, pull out, and go back home The war in Vietnam, there’s one war won't never end The war in Vietnam, there’s one war won't ever end Oh, the Vietnam people, they got a whole lot of friends Yeah they got the Japanese, they got the Chinese They got the Mandalese The North Koreans, the Russians They got the Africans too, and they got me too When the lights come on all over the world again Yeah, when the lights come on all over the world again Well the people in Vietnam will have a whole lot of friends again. | VIETNAM BLUES I feel so sorry for the people in Vietnam The way they be treated, is a low down dirty shame… I feel so sorry I feel so sorry for everyone right now I know every mother every mother will be glad when the war is over and her son come back home I know she'll be glad when the war is over leave Vietnam alone What could we do when we got to go We got no chance, to say we don’t wanna go When you got to go dig your own grave dig out all by yourself Ain’t no justice Ain’t no justice at all, they get killed when they want they're trying to kill them all Well I feel so sorry I feel so sorry for the people in Vietnam Innocent women and children too They kill them down just like me and you We don’t know why why so much murder always on their mind I don’t see why Uncle Sam don’t go back home take all the men back and leave Vietnam alone I don’t see why why he don't pack up pack up and go home Yeah, that's time to go now... You know... Right now I got a whole lot of friends here, you know more then I ever had Yeah I got friends in China friends in Japan friends in Russia and Africa too, you know? this will go on a long time I’m so glad I was too old, I was too old Lord [...] on my soul Yeah I'm too old so I feel sorry for the people down Maybe one day Uncle Sam will understand That you can’t win every war not even in Vietnam you just well pull out you just well pull out and go back home |
