Karaoké Goodnight Saigon Billy Joel

We met as soul mates on Parris island

We left as inmates from an asylum

And we were sharp as sharp as knives

And we were so gung ho to lay down our lives

We came in spastic like tameless horses

We left in plastic as numbered corpses

And we learned fast to travel light

Our arms were heavy but our bellies were tight

We had no home front we had no soft soap

They sent us Playboy they gave us Bob Hope

We dug in deep and shot on sight

And prayed to Jesus Christ with all of our might

We had no cameras to shoot the landscape

We passed the hash pipe and played our Doors tapes

And it was dark so dark at night

And we held on to each other like brother to brother

We promised our mothers we'd write

And we would all go down together

We said we'd all go down together

Yes we would all go down together

Remember Charlie remember Baker

They left their childhood on every acre

And who was wrong? and who was right?

It didn't matter in the thick of the fight

We held the day

In the palm of our hand

They ruled the night and the night

Seemed to last as long as six weeks

On Parris island we held the coastline they held the highlands

And they were sharp as sharp as knives

They heard the hum of our motors

They counted the rotors and waited for us to arrive

And we would all go down together

We said we'd all go down together

Alright alright alright

Yes we would all go down together