Nanci Griffith - Heart Of Indochine Lyrics
I am on a Riverboat on the Saigon RiverWhere the music's too loudWhile I try to have my dinnerStories I've been told of 1954When the bodies washed ashore from that distant warMy friend Michael came in '68The bodies still floatingWith the dinner boats sailingBeside all those souls of the American war(chorus) Oh, deliver me to the river of soulsIn the heart of IndochineDeliver me to a River at PeaceIn this twenty-first centuryAll those souls that floated freeIn these dark war's watersAll the souls now swim togetherThe French the Viet MinhThose American boysThe souls of the Saigon RiverAt peace in IndochineI am in a caffe' in Ho Chi Minh CityMy friend Bobby Muller is sitting with meThis traffic is maddeningIn his wheelchair he's nappingI wonder at times, does he walk in his dreams?Later I walked all the way from Tu Do StreetTo the banks of the riverWith the dinner boats sailingBeside all of the souls, of a River in Peace(chorus)Hoa binh…Hoa Binh, ("peace" in Vietnamese)Peace in the Heart of Indochine
