Goodnight Saigon (Live)-Alan Cumming

[00:04.053]We met as soulmates on Parris island [00:11.864]We left as inmates from an asylum [00:18.655]And we were sharp, as sharp as knives [00:25.082]And we were so gung ho to lay down our lives [00:31.377]We came in spastic as tameless horses [00:37.568]We left in plastic as numbered corpses [00:43.681]And we learned fast to travel light [00:49.689]Our arms were heavy but our bellies were tight [00:55.593]We had no home front, we had no soft soap [01:01.444]They sent us Playboy, they gave us Bob Hope [01:07.165]We dug in deep and shot on sight [01:12.833]And played to Jesus Christ with all of our might [01:18.476]We had no cameras to shoot the landscape [01:24.301]We passed the hash pipe [01:27.070]We played our Doors tapes [01:29.839]And it was dark, so dark at night [01:35.351]And we counted on to each other [01:38.982]Like brother to brother [01:41.725]We promised our mothers we'd write [01:47.002]And we would all go down together [01:52.540]We said we'd all go down together [01:58.025]Yes we would all go down together [02:05.496]Remember Charlie, remember Baker [02:13.986]They left their childhoods on every acre [02:20.700]And who was wrong? And who was right? [02:26.917]It didn't matter in the thick of the fight [02:34.100]We held the day in the palm of our hands [02:45.829]They held the nights [02:50.845]And the night seem to last as long as six weeks [02:59.152]On Parris island [03:01.555]We held the coastline they held the highlands [03:07.119]And they were sharp, so sharp as knives [03:12.526]They heard the hum of the motors [03:16.053]They counted the rotors [03:18.717]And waited for us to arrive [03:24.046]And we would all go down together [03:29.349]We said we'd all go down together [03:34.940]Yes we would all go down together [03:52.337]Thank you very much [03:53.774]Thank you