Dave Dudley VIETNAM BLUES Lyrics

I was 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 signs 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
Well a fellow came to me with a list in his hand he said we're gatherin' names to send a telegram of sympathy then he handed me a pen
I said I reckon this is goin' to the kids and wives
My friends over there who're givin' their lives
He said uh uh buddy this is goin' to Ho-Chi-Min
I said Ho-Chi who
he said Ho-Chi-Min people's leader North VietNam
Well 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 pulse started hittin' the 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
you'd rather let a soldier die instead
I said it's a shame that every young man who ever die 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
Well I left that place and I went downtown and hit the 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