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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Johnny Wright
Johnny Wright
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Tom T. Hall
Tom T. Hall
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Owen Bradley
Owen Bradley
Producer

Lyrics

[Chorus]
Kiss me goodbye and write me while I'm gone
Goodbye, my sweetheart, hello Vietnam
[Verse 1]
America has heard the bugle call
And you know it involves us one and all
I don't suppose that war will ever end
There's fighting that will break us up again
[Chorus]
Goodbye, my darling, hello Vietnam
A hill to take, a battle to be won
Kiss me goodbye and write me while I'm gone
Goodbye, my sweetheart, hello Vietnam
[Verse 2]
A ship is waiting for us at the dock
America has trouble to be stopped
We must stop communism in that land
Or our freedom will start slipping through our hand
[Bridge]
(Goodbye, my darling, hello Vietnam) I hope and pray, someday, the world will learn
That fires we don't put out will bigger burn (A hill to take, a battle to be won)
(Kiss me goodbye and write me while I'm gone) We must save freedom now, at any cost
(Goodbye, my sweetheart, hello Vietnam) Or some day, our own freedom will be lost
[Outro]
Kiss me goodbye and write me while I'm gone
Goodbye, my sweetheart, hello Vietnam
Written by: Tom T. Hall
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