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saigon sunday morning

the air was thick and heavy

the sun was heating up the sky

And somewhere in the jungle

more men were gonna die

 

The streets were full of people

Feral dogs were running free

The haze was thick and murky

The sun you couldn't see

 

It's a Saigon Sunday Morning

Ten more men were going home

To  a flag tri-corner folded

And a marker of white stone

 

The men were all assembled

To load them up with care

It was a Saigon Sunday Morning

with ten men no longer there

 

The jungle was a minefield

The trees were blocking out the light

It was ***** trapped like crazy

And it seemed like it was night

 

A patrol went hunting "Charlie"

But, they were found out first

It only took twelve seconds

And it turned out for the worst

 

The city never noticed

The 'copters flying overhead

Whether bringing in supplies

Or taking out the dead

 

It was a Saigon Sunday Morning

It never changed one little bit

The air was always heavy

And the alleys smelled like ****

 

Back home the news delivered

The families destroyed

They were waiting for their loved ones

A short time were deployed

 

Ribbons tied around the Oak Tree

to support those coming back

On a Saigon Sunday Morning

With twenty bullets in their back

 

A transport with the bodies

Drops fifty more to play the game

It's a vicious, endless, circle

The procedure's all the same

 

It's a Saigon Sunday Morning

Ten more men were going home

To a flag tri-corner folded

And a marker of white stone

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Written by
roger-turner
Canadian
Published
Jul 20, 2016
Lines·Words
48·264
Tags
#war#loss#america#forgotten#soldier#morning#vietnam#sunday#marine#saigon
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