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
Like 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 homefront
We had no soft soap
They sent us playboy
They gave us bob hope
We dug in deep
And shot on sight
And prayed to Jesus Christ
With all of our might
We had no cameras
To shoot the landscape
We passed the hash pipe
And played our Doors tapes
And it was dark
So dark at night
And we held onto 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 childhood
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, ruled the night
And the night, seemed to last
As long as six weeks
On Parris Island
We held the coastline
They held the highland
And they were sharp
As 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
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
Like 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 homefront
We had no soft soap
They sent us playboy
They gave us bob hope
We dug in deep
And shot on sight
And prayed to Jesus Christ
With all of our might
We had no cameras
To shoot the landscape
We passed the hash pipe
And played our Doors tapes
And it was dark
So dark at night
And we held onto 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 childhood
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, ruled the night
And the night, seemed to last
As long as six weeks
On Parris Island
We held the coastline
They held the highland
And they were sharp
As 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
Lyrics submitted by kevin, edited by kilercrab321
Goodnight Saigon Lyrics as written by Billy Joel
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Capitol CMG Publishing
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Charlie is indeed a code. However, Charlie became a nickname because it was used on the radio. The Viet Cong became the Victor Charlie on US radios. And eventually, they simply adopted Charlie, as it's easier to direct an airstrike on "Charlie" rather than "Victor Charlie". The Charlie designation stuck and became the nickname for the Viet Cong for the rest of the war.
they are a quadrillion times braver than i, and i'd never dispute that. i also don't believe that the world would be sunshine and rainbows without military and wars. but by god, i HATE them. we have the war on terror going on right now. i was pregnant with my first child when we went to war, and i LOST it. i'm so thankful that i won't be here in 300 years to see what our race has done to mother earth.
saw another baby face on the news the other night, dead. when i think about the folks i know who all went out and join the forces in '01-02... Jo and A were 19, Ja & A were 18, Je was 20, and K is 26, offhand. my step-dad and ex-boyfriends all enlisted straight out of high school. and my sister's boyfriend is 23 or 4 and all set to join. it makes me ill. i don't lay blame on them, but i hate that they go. rewards for bravery, awesome... but to me, that also kind of feels like a reward for murder.