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[Verse 1]
You gave a gift to me
In my young age
You sent me overseas
And put the fear in me
And I ask, what for? now
Why me, why war?
And I ask, what for? now
The Vietnam war
Spent my time there by the shore
[Verse 2]
Oh, we got off that boat
Charlie's everywhere
A lotta killin' and dying
And no one seems to care
I ask, what for? now
We say, hell no
And I ask, what for?
Why me, why war?
And I spent my time there by the shore
[Verse 3]
Sixty thousand men died
While you were here
You came into our homes
And you took our kids
And you ask for more now
For this new war
And you ask for more now
Vietnam war
I spent my time there by the shore
Written by: The Black Angels

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