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Still In Saigon lyrics

Got on a plane in Frisco
and got off in Vietnam
I walked into a different world
the past forever gone

I could have gone to Canada
or I could have stayed in school
But I was brought up differently
I couldn t break the rules

Thirteen months and fifteen days
the last ones were the worst
One minute I d kneel down and pray
and the next I d stand and curse

No place to run to
where I did not feel that war
When I got home I stayed alone
and checked behind each door
cuz I m

(chorus)
Still in Saigon
Still in Saigon
I am still in Saigon
in my mind

The ground at home was covered in snow
and I was covered in sweat
My younger brother calls me a killer
and my daddy calls me a vet

Everybody says I m someone else
and I m sick and there s no cure
Damned if I know who I am
where was only one place I was sure
When I was

(chorus)

Every summer when it rains
I smell the jungle, I hear the planes
I can t tell no one, I feel ashamed
Afraid some day I ll go insane

(instrumental)

That s been ten long years ago
and time has gone on by
Now and then I catch myself
eye-searching through the sky

All the sounds of long ago
will be forever in my head
Mingled with the wounded cries
and the silence of the dead
Cuz I m

(chorus)

I am still in Saigon
I am still in Saigon
Yes, I m still in Saigon
In my mind
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