Lyrics:
In Washington the atmosphere was tense today as a special subcommittee of the
House Committee on Un-American activities continued its probe into anti-
Viet nam war protests.
Demonstrators were forcibly evicted from the hearings when they began chanting
anti-war slogans.
I was out on the leave at the time just duckin' the fog nosin' around like a hungry dog
In that crazy place called Washington DC
I saw a crowd of people on the White House lawn all carrying signes about VietNam
So I went over to see what was goin' on
It was a strange looking bunch but then I never could understand some people
Oh a fellow came to me with a list in his hand he said we're gatherin' names to send
The telegram of sympathy then he handed me a pen
I said I reckon this is goin' to kids and wives
My friends over there who're givin' their lives
He said ah ah buddy this is goin' to Ho-Chi-Min
I said Ho-Chi who he said Ho-Chi-Min people's leader North VietNam
Oh I wasn't really sure I was hearin' him right
I though I'd better move before I got in a fight
Cause my ears were hurtin' and my ball started hit my lick
Then I thought of another telegram that I've just read
Tellin' my buddy's wife that her husband was dead
It wasn't too long till I was feelin' downright sick
Another held the sign that said we won't fight
I thought to myself boy ain't that right
To leave a lot of our soldiers die instead
I said it's a shame that every man who ever died up there that far off land
Was dyin' for that you wouldn't have to wake up dead
Course he looked at me like I was kinda crazy just another warmonger
Oh I left that place and I went downtown and hit first bar that I'd found
To cool myself off and pacify my brain
You see I was on orders to VietNam little old place just north to Saigon
Had about an hour to catch myself a plane
So all I mean to say is I don't like dyin' either but man I ain't gonna crawl
(Ok)
(No, no)
(No, no, no)
I had a brother at Khe Sanh
Fighting off all the Viet Cong
They're still there, he's all gone
He had a woman he loved in Saigon
I got a picture of him in her arms now
Down in the shadow of the penitentiary
Out by the gas fires of the refinery
I'm ten years burning down the road
Nowhere to run ain't got nowhere to go
Born in the USA
I was born in the USA now
Born in the USA
I'm a long gone Daddy in the USA now
Born in the USA
Born in the USA
Born in the USA
I'm a cool rocking Daddy in the USA now
(Oh, no)
(Oh, no, no, no)
(Oh, no, no)
(Oh, no, no, no)
Hey
(Oh, no, no)
Woo
(Ok)
(No, no)
(No, no, no)
I had a brother at Khe Sanh
Fighting off all the Viet Cong
They're still there, he's all gone
He had a woman he loved in Saigon
I got a picture of him in her arms now
Down in the shadow of the penitentiary
Out by the gas fires of the refinery
I'm ten years burning down the road
Nowhere to run ain't got nowhere to go
Born in the USA
I was born in the USA now
Born in the USA
I'm a long gone Daddy in the USA now
Born in the USA
Born in the USA
Born in the USA
I'm a cool rocking Daddy in the USA now
(Oh, no)
(Oh, no, no, no)
(Oh, no, no)
(Oh, no, no, no)
Hey
(Oh, no, no)
Woo
Khép mi lại cho anh hôn em
Ngày mai lúc xa nhau rồi
Hãy nhớ nhé khi con tim thật lòng yêu
Dẫu phương trời nào xa xôi
Anh sẽ viết cho em bao lời
Những quyến luyến gửi riêng em thôi người tình
Hãy giả vờ như đang hôn nhau
Đôi môi ấm luôn mong chờ
Anh khấn hứa sao cho cơn mơ đừng tan
Nơi phương trời này xa xôi
Anh xin viết cho em từng ngày
Bao thương nhớ gửi cho em yêu người tình
Những thương yêu này gửi riêng người yêu thôi
Trái tim anh này sẽ yêu em ngàn đời
You met Judy in the 90s
She threw parties for magazines
For a while she had a roommate
But that roommate was never seen
Who knew she could be so reckless
Who knew you could be so wrong
Dancing in her kitchen for so long
Ten years on and something's shifted
Same apartment roommate's gone
Putting down the torch you lifted
Back to portraits poorly drawn
Judy lies but you believe her
She's the storm before the calm
Judy is the great deceiver
Judy is your Viet Nam
Judy is your Viet Nam
If you think you can, well come on man
I was a Green Beret in Viet Nam
No more of your fairy stories
'Cause I got my other worries.
53rd and 3rd
Standing on the street
53rd and 3rd
I'm tryin' to turn a trick
53rd and 3rd
You're the one they never pick
53rd and 3rd
Don't make you feel sick ?
Where where is the promised land
Where where is the promised land
It can`t be found in Viet Nam
It can`t be where the eagle has landed
If we want peace for every man
We`ve gotta make the world demand it
Now I see the flag is flying
We`ve got to help them stop the dying
We must bring back the soldier boys
We mustn`t let them die for nothing
War`s a better game when played with toys
Let`s change the game and let`s start loving
Soldiers never fight alone
There`s just as much fighting going on at home
Protests, violence, marches
It`s all going on at home
Bring them all back home (repeat)
They do their best they do what they can
They get them ready for Viet Nam
From old Hanoi to East Berlin
Commando---Involved again
They do their best they do what they can
They get them ready for Viet Nam
First rule is: The laws of Germany
Second rule is: Be nice to mommy
Third rule is: Don't talk to commies
Fourth rule is: Eat kosher salamis
They do their best they do what they can
They get them ready for Viet Nam
From old Hanoi to East Berlin
Commando---Involved again
They do their best they do what they can
They get them ready for Viet Nam
First rule is: The laws of Germany
Second rule is: Be nice to mo-mo-mo-mommy
Third rule is: Don't talk to commies
Fourth rule is: Eat kosher salamis
Si j'avais un frère au Viêt-Nam,
Je lui parlerais de la France.
Je lui dirais que j'ai la chance
De rencontrer de jolies femmes.
I was out on the leave at the time just duckin' the fog nosin' around like a hungry dog
In that crazy place called Washington DC
I saw a crowd of people on the White House lawn all carrying signes about VietNam
So I went over to see what was goin' on
It was a strange looking bunch but then I never could understand some people
Oh a fellow came to me with a list in his hand he said we're gatherin' names to send
The telegram of sympathy then he handed me a pen
I said I reckon this is goin' to kids and wives
My friends over there who're givin' their lives
He said ah ah buddy this is goin' to Ho-Chi-Min
I said Ho-Chi who he said Ho-Chi-Min people's leader North VietNam
Oh I wasn't really sure I was hearin' him right
I though I'd better move before I got in a fight
Cause my ears were hurtin' and my ball started hit my lick
Then I thought of another telegram that I've just read
Tellin' my buddy's wife that her husband was dead
It wasn't too long till I was feelin' downright sick
Another held the sign that said we won't fight
I thought to myself boy ain't that right
To leave a lot of our soldiers die instead
I said it's a shame that every man who ever died up there that far off land
Was dyin' for that you wouldn't have to wake up dead
Course he looked at me like I was kinda crazy just another warmonger
Oh I left that place and I went downtown and hit first bar that I'd found
To cool myself off and pacify my brain
You see I was on orders to VietNam little old place just north to Saigon
Had about an hour to catch myself a plane
So all I mean to say is I don't like dyin' either but man I ain't gonna crawl
Ain't no thing in the world that Johnny can do
My home town burnin' down to the ground
Worser than Viet Nam
Well, it started on 12th and Clairmont, this mornin'
I just don't know what it's all about
Well, it started on 12th and Clairmont, this mornin'
I don't know what it's all about
The fire wagon kept comin'
The snipers just wouldn't let 'em put it out
Fire bomb bustin' all around me
An' soldiers was ev'rywhere
Well, fire bomb fallin' all around me
And soldiers standin' ev'rywhere
I could hear the people screaming
Sirens fill the air
I don't know what the trouble is
I can't stay around to find it out
I don't know, I don't know
What the trouble is, this mo'nin'
I just can't stay around to find it out
Takin' my wife an my family
And little Johnny Lee is clearin' out
The motor city's burnin'
Ain't a thing that I can do
Well, the motor city's burnin'
Ain't a thing that I can do
I just hope, people
It'll never happen to you
Yes, yes, I could hear the fireman
FADES-
Said, 'Look, get outta here'
It's too hot.
Bismillah, all the gods around me
Mexicanos ain't building fucking walls around me
Because we family
We, we, we, family
I feel like Ali
Viet Cong never done shit to me, feel me?
More worried about Trump than anyone overseas, feel me?
I'm out in the art clubs, out in London sipping tea, feel me?
And the s and L scandal,tax payers can bail 'em out
And the Anita Hill Hearings, what exactly did that prove
Except that a lot of senators think they're holier than you
Let's cover it up Let' hide it No one can ever tell
Let's cover it up let's hide it before it starts to smell
Don't rock the boat,don't make any waves
Just write a brand new speech
Well here we are two hunderd years old
And we're still playin' hide andseek
Now the Rodney King case, if that ain't the livin' proof
Six guys nearly beat 'im to death, and they all flew th coop
And I don't like those odds of six goin' on one
We're all playin' hide and seek, and noones havin' fun
Our president didn't go to Viet Nam, he went
To harvard to write a speech
Now come on who's kiddin' who
It's American hide and seek
There's a place called Da Nang Village cross the ocean far away
In deep concern for one young woman that's where I abide today
Today I got a dear-John-letter from that young woman in the USA
When I was called I knew I'd lose her it don't matter anyway
There are girls in Saigon City waiting there with open arms
On my leave I may go see them in this other world called VietNam
Stateside girls should take this warning be faithful cause you can't tell
On the streets of Saigon City they have many things to sell
There are girls in Saigon City...
We are like pirates and we are comin' with the biggest ego
We're gonna bring it down and give it to you, that's how we go
We're gonna drop from the sky like a killer tornado
[Chorus]
Here we are again my friends
We're back in Vietnam
Back in Vietnam
We're back in Vietnam
Back in Vietnam
We're gonna keep on riding 'til the enemy's been severed
Well never turn around, we don't care if it takes forever
Men women children will die we're all in this together
[Chorus]
do do do do do
do do do do do
do do do do do
do do do do do
[Chorus]
We're gonna fly over the world inside a giant eagle
We do just what we want and don't care if it isn't legal
We're on a horse that is high, we think We're so damn regal
Here we are again my friend
We're back in Vietnam
Back in Vietnam...oh yeah
We're back in Vietnam (back in Vietnam)
Back in Vietnam (make no mistake about it)
We're back in Vietnam (We're back in Viet)
Back in Vietnam
We're back in Vietnam
'Cause I don't have any arms
Beach party Vietnam
Surfin' with the Viet Cong
Cookin' hot dogs with napalm
A beach party Vietnam
Annette, she wants Frankie's ring
Frankie wants Annette's thing
They're layin' on the West Coast
There's gonna be a wiener roast
The beach party Vietnam
Surfin' with the Viet Cong
Cookin' hot dogs with napalm
A beach party Vietnam
Once upon a dusty reservation
Somewhere in the land of sitting bull
Johnny lobo played with fire and dreamed of open spaces
Locked inside a heaven gone to hell
All the dreams were gone but not forgotten
Murdered like the holy buffalo
But johnny lobo knew the rules and grew into a warrior
Fighting for his people and his soul
Chorus:
Oh...... johnny lobo
Oh...... johnny lobo
Loaded down with lessons that he carried
Home from viet nam to wounded knee
Johnny lobo burned a flag he knew had been dishonored
Paid the price for thinking he was free
Someone set his house on fire, burned it to the ground
With his wife and children locked inside
Later when the bitter tears were falling to the ashes
Something good in johnny lobo died
Chorus:
Oh...... johnny lobo
Oh...... johnny lobo
In a darkened corner of a tavern
Burning down old memories again
Johnny lobo stares into the smoke and dream of clouds
Running like wild horses with the wind
Holy phoenix rising from the ashes
Into the circle of the sun
Johnny lobo's warrior heart was burnished in the embers
And the battle's just begun
Chorus:
Oh...... johnny lobo
Oh...... johnny lobo
The old gang's gone I'm the only one that's left
And I guess that it's about time I moved on out myself
Cause there ain't no use in hanging round a town that's grown so cold
With its used-to-be's and its memories it makes a man feel old
My friends have wed and some are dead and some are far away
From the one horse town that we ran around and the dreams of yesterday
The old gang's gone
Johnny Green's in Jacksonville he's a doctor now you know
Shaky Sam's in VietNam he volunteered to go
Sandie lives in Tennessee and Mary's moved to Maine
And I don't guess that I'll ever see the likes of them again
The old gang's gone
The old gang's gone
Well I'm against it
I'm against it
Well I'm against it
I'm against it
I don't like politics
I don't like communists
I don't like games and fun
I don't like anyone
Well I'm against it
I'm against it
Well I'm against it
I'm against it
I don't like Jesus freaks
I don't like circus geeks
I don't like summer and spring
I don't like anything
I don't like sex and drugs
I don't like water bugs
I don't care about poverty
All I care about is me
Well I'm against it
I'm against it
Well I'm against it
I'm against it
I don't like playing ping pong
I don't like the Viet Cong
I don't like Burger King
I don't like anything
And I'm against it
I'm against it
Well I'm against it
I'm against it
Well I'm against it
I'm against it
Later I walked all the way from Tu Do Street
To the banks of the river with the dinner boats sailing
Beside all of the souls, of a River in Peace
Oh, deliver me to the river of souls
In the heart of Indochina
Deliver me to a River at Peace
In this twenty-first century
All those souls that floated free
In these dark war's waters
All the souls now swim together
The French the Viet Minn
Those American boys
The souls of the Saigon River
At peace in Indochina
Hoa binh, hoa binh
(Peace in Vietnamese)
Peace in the heart of Indochina
Việt Nam Việt Nam
Việt Nam Việt Nam
Việt Nam Việt Nam
Việt Nam Việt Nam
Tự hào sinh ra là người Việt Nam
Anh dũng trung kiên dòng máu phi phàm
Cuộc đời bao la chẳng ngại xông pha
Dù biết bao lần mình đã vấp ngã
Những cám dỗ trong cuộc sống này
Vây quanh ta mỗi ngày
Biến khó khăn thành sức mạnh
Cho đôi chân thêm nhanh
Bay cao dâng trào niềm khát khao
(Việt Nam, Việt Nam)
Biết bao những khung trời mới đón chào
(Việt Nam, Việt Nam)
Lòng nhiệt huyết luôn dạt dào
Chạm tay tới những tới những vì sao
(Việt Nam, Việt Nam)
Hãy cùng sát vai nhau nào
Sục sôi máu nóng khát khao hướng về tương lai
Việt Nam Việt Nam - Anh hùng
Việt Nam Việt Nam - Bất khuất
Sục sôi máu nóng khát khao hướng về tương lai
Tự hào sinh ra là người Việt Nam
Anh dũng trung kiên dòng máu phi phàm
Cuộc đời bao la chẳng ngại xông pha
Dù biết bao lần mình đã vấp ngã
Những cám dỗ trong cuộc sống này
Vây quanh ta mỗi ngày
Biến khó khăn thành sức mạnh
Cho đôi chân thêm nhanh
Bay cao dâng trào niềm khát khao
(Việt Nam, Việt Nam)
Biết bao những khung trời mới đón chào
(Việt Nam, Việt Nam)
Lòng nhiệt huyết luôn dạt dào
Chạm tay tới những tới những vì sao
(Việt Nam, Việt Nam)
Hãy cùng sát vai nhau nào
Sục sôi máu nóng khát khao hướng về tương lai
Việt Nam Việt Nam - Anh hùng
Việt Nam Việt Nam - Bất khuất
Sục sôi máu nóng khát khao hướng về tương lai
Dù đã bước qua bao vùng đất lạ
Chẳng ở đâu ấm áp hơn quê cha
Vỗ về ta đó chính là nhà
Vững bước tiếp trên con đường xa
Bay cao dâng trào niềm khát khao
(Việt Nam, Việt Nam)
Biết bao những khung trời mới đón chào
(Việt Nam, Việt Nam)
Lòng nhiệt huyết luôn dạt dào
Chạm tay tới những tới những vì sao
(Việt Nam, Việt Nam)
Hãy cùng sát vai nhau nào
Sục sôi máu nóng khát khao hướng về tương lai
Việt Nam Việt Nam - Anh hùng
Việt Nam Việt Nam - Bất khuất
Sục sôi máu nóng khát khao hướng về tương lai
Và bay cao dâng trào niềm khát khao
(Việt Nam, Việt Nam)
Biết bao những khung trời mới đón chào
Lòng nhiệt huyết luôn dạt dào
Chạm tay tới những tới những vì sao
(Việt Nam, Việt Nam)
Hãy cùng sát vai nhau nào
Sục sôi máu nóng khát khao hướng về tương lai
(Việt Nam, Việt Nam)
Sục sôi máu nóng khát khao hướng về tương lai
(Việt Nam, Việt Nam)
Sục sôi máu nóng khát khao hướng về tương lai
Còn gì giờ đây anh sao nhớ thương đầy vơi
Mộng tình còn trong tim hay chết theo ngày tháng
Còn nhớ mãi hôm nào lời trao nhau ban đầu
Ai nỡ quên tình nhau
Đời còn gì vui hơn trong phút giây được yêu
Đời còn gì đau thương khi lắng nghe tình vỡ
Vì đã trót yêu rồi thì xin ghi đôi lời
Dù xa cách phương trời
Ôi bao năm đã cách biệt
Anh ra đi vì đất Việt
Thì dù xa xôi em nhớ rằng đừng tủi sầu
Làng thôn êm ấm lúc anh về đẹp tình nhau
Vài lời gửi cho em anh viết nên bài ca
Kỷ niệm một đêm mưa đêm cuối ba ngày phép
Ngồi thức suốt đêm dài thầm ghi câu sum vầy
Lòng thương nhớ vơi đầy
Ôi bao năm đã cách biệt
Anh ra đi vì đất Việt
Thì dù xa xôi em nhớ rằng đừng tủi sầu
Làng thôn êm ấm lúc anh về đẹp tình nhau
Vài lời gửi cho em anh viết nên bài ca
Kỷ niệm một đêm mưa đêm cuối ba ngày phép
Ngồi thức suốt đêm dài thầm ghi câu sum vầy
Lòng thương nhớ vơi đầy
Ngồi thức suốt đêm dài thầm ghi câu sum vầy
Lòng thương nhớ vơi đầy
Ai đã ghim vào những thân tre bao ký ức xót xa hỡi mẹ
Ai đã ru ngủ những dòng sông cùng êm ả chảy về hướng Đông
Con đã vẽ hình hài quê hương qua những khúc hát ru của mẹ
Còn bao nhiêu lời ru con vẫn chưa được nghe
Việt Nam quê hương ta đẹp lắm mặc lửa khói giày xéo tháng năm
Người Việt Nam da nâu mắt đen thảo thơm bất khuất như cành sen
Việt Nam ơi quê hương ta ơi biển lúa chín vàng thơm ngát trời
Vọng tiếng ai hò vì nhớ con đò à ơi
Dậy với tôi nào dạo với tôi nào dạo khắp một vòng Việt Nam
Nhìn non sông trời văn đất võ
Cùng với tôi nào dạo với tôi nào dạo khắp một vòng Việt Nam
Come with me we'll travel around Việt Nam
Ai đã ghim vào những thân tre bao ký ức xót xa hỡi mẹ
Ai đã ru ngủ những dòng sông cùng êm ả chảy về hướng Đông
Con đã vẽ hình hài quê hương qua những khúc hát ru của mẹ
Còn bao nhiêu lời ru con vẫn chưa được nghe
Việt Nam quê hương ta đẹp lắm mặc lửa khói giày xéo tháng năm
Người Việt Nam da nâu mắt đen thảo thơm bất khuất như cành sen
Việt Nam ơi quê hương ta ơi biển lúa chín vàng thơm ngát trời
Vọng tiếng ai hò vì nhớ con đò à ơi
Dậy với tôi nào dạo với tôi nào dạo khắp một vòng Việt Nam
Nhìn non sông trời văn đất võ
Cùng với tôi nào dạo với tôi nào dạo khắp một vòng Việt Nam
Come with me we'll travel around Việt Nam
Việt Nam quê hương ta đẹp lắm mặc lửa khói giày xéo tháng năm
Người Việt Nam da nâu mắt đen thảo thơm bất khuất như cành sen
Việt Nam ơi quê hương ta ơi biển lúa chín vàng thơm ngát trời
Vọng tiếng ai hò vì nhớ con đò à ơi
Dậy với tôi nào dạo với tôi nào dạo khắp một vòng Việt Nam
Nhìn non sông trời văn đất võ
Cùng với tôi nào dạo với tôi nào dạo khắp một vòng Việt Nam
Come with me we'll travel around Việt Nam
Come with me we'll travel around Việt Nam
Come with me we'll travel around Việt Nam
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