Lars Frederiksen And The Bastards

Vietnam

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When I came back from Saigon
Everyone turned their head
No one put their hand out
No one shared their bread
I lost my wife, I lost my job, I lost my brother too
Blue collar kids got nothing to do with it
Nightmares of jungles and M-16's
Hippies give me shit in my army greens
Now I'm running the streets of Birmingham
25 years since Vietnam
Some pull jobs some pull scams
But I'm just doing the best I can
Well it's very hard to realize that there's no love no more
The day I got on the plane was the day that I left the war
Arrived in Heatheron on a red eye flight
Down Kellet road I scored for the night
I took the tube through London town
When I woke up I was on mid land ground
Running the streets of Birmingham
25 years since Vietnam
Some pull jobs and some pull scams
But I'm just doing the best I can.
Vietnam... Vietnam... Vietnam

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black_cow_of_death On Jan 10, 2002

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by Unkown

22y ago

Great song but does anyone know who it is about?

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by j0k3r_31

22y ago

wow. its kinda obvious. its abot a guy who went to vietnam. but like many vets from the war. people didnt want the war and didnt feel it was nessicary to get involved in. so when they got back people didnt give them the respect that they reiceved after like world war 2. so its about coming home to no parade no party. just looked down apon

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by TenaciousGex

20y ago

I saw them in concert and Lars said it was about some guy he met when he was in the UK Subs who sold drugs who came back from Vietname and was all fucked up cos of it

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by TenaciousGex

20y ago

I saw them in concert and Lars said it was about some guy he met when he was in the UK Subs who sold drugs who came back from Vietname and was all fucked up cos of it

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