Karaoké Still in Saigon The Charlie Daniels Band

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

Because I'm 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

There was only one place

I was sure

When I was still in Saigon

Still in Saigon

I am still in Saigon in my mind

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

That's been ten long years ago and time has gone on by

But now and then

I catch myself

Eyes 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

Because I'm still in Saigon

Still in Saigon

I am still in Saigon in my mind

I am still in Saigon

I am still in Saigon

Yes I'm still in Saigon in my mind

Still in Saigon