But I looked away And she ran away from me today I'm such a lonely man She took my hand And tried to make me understand That she would always be there It came as no surprise to me That she'd leave me in misery It seemed like only yesterday

Killing me softly with his song Strumming my pain with his fingers Singing my life with his words Telling my whole life with his words I heard he sang a good song, I heard he had a style And so I came to see him, to listen for a while And there he was,

Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam And it came from It was just the next day his mother got a telegram It was addressed from Vietnam Now mistress Brown, she lives in the USA And this is what she wrote and said Don't be alarmed,

We were born and raised in black and white The wind blows hard across the Texas planes Makes some people go insane While others quietly pray for rain That's where we came from Two boys playing in the burning sun One with books, one with guns Mama calls

Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam And it came from It was just the next day his mother got a telegram It was addressed from Vietnam Now mistress Brown, she lives in the USA And this is what she wrote and said Don't be alarmed,

But I looked away And she ran away from me today; She took my hand And tried to make me understand That she would always be there, I'm such a lonely man. It came as no surprise to me That she'd leave me in misery. It seemed like only yesterday She made a

La-dah-dah-dah-dah-dah-dah-doe We always find our way back home (Hey) La-dah-dah-dah-dah-dah-dah-dah (Hey) And no matter where we go Oh no, the city won't change us And no matter where we go See, we won't forget where we came from The city won't change

And from there I see the neon grids of cities And six million people that keep their fires lit I threw a party in my name But the hours crawled by and no one came So I bowed my head and I prayed for wings To take me from this place, fuck you The day I

One-thousand years until the end of time we'll wait one- Thousand more dressed up in gold and white we'll climb The mountain sides to find whats in the sky we'll dig First I stand then I crawl I became all mankind as I drip From mine eyes I washed away

When it's your time to go Don't matter where you've been So we might as well say What's on our minds 'Cause there's no waiting, no We came out of the cinema We were rubbing our eyes Our mouths were dry from the sugar and the popcorn And we felt a little