Richard Lloyd - Soldier Blue Lyrics
(Lloyd)He was only seventeen when the letter came in the mailfrom the local draft board saying you've got a choice.Jloin the army or you go to jail.As he packed his bags, his mother wept saying:"Daddy don't you think it's a shame?""No, I think it will make him a man."Eleven weeks of boot camp got you doing situps in the day and the night.Then they ship you out on a boat and they say you are ready to fight.Soldier BlueSoldier BlueSoldier BlueSoldier BlueHave your breakfast in a Saigon street.Where the heroin is so strong.It makes the killing sweet.Pretty soon you can do no wrong.Soldier BlueSoldier BlueSo they send you off on night patrol.Put a carbine in your hand.Tely ou not to shoot yourself.You're supposed to shoot the Vietnam.Soldier BlueSoldier BlueSoldier BlueSoldier BlueTake a look at my friend Charlie.He's go tno hands, no legs, no feet.Now they've got him selling pencils on the corner.Boys, he begging in the street.Sa I call up my Congressman.Saying Mister I have a complaint.Why are we losing all our boys in the war?When are we going to learn some restraint?Soldier BlueSoldier BlueSoldier BlueSoldier Blue
