Richard Lloyd - Soldier Blue lyrics

(Lloyd) He was only seventeen when the letter came in the mail From the local draft board saying you've got a choice Jloin the army or you go to jail As he packed his bags, his mother wept saying: "Daddy don't you think it's a shame?" "No, I think it will make him a man." Eleven weeks of boot camp got you doing situps in the day and the night Then they ship you out on a boat and they say you are ready to fight Soldier Blue Soldier Blue Soldier Blue Soldier Blue Have your breakfast in a Saigon street Where the h**n is so strong It makes the k**ing sweet Pretty soon you can do no wrong Soldier Blue Soldier Blue So they send you off on night patrol Put a carbine in your hand Tely ou not to shoot yourself You're supposed to shoot the Vietnam Soldier Blue Soldier Blue Soldier Blue Soldier Blue Take a look at my friend Charlie He's go tno hands, no legs, no feet Now they've got him selling pencils on the corner Boys, he begging in the street Sa I call up my Congressman Saying Mister I have a complaint Why are we losing all our boys in the war? When are we going to learn some restraint? Soldier Blue Soldier Blue Soldier Blue Soldier Blue