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Dave Dudley
Miscellaneous
Vietnam Blues (1966)
I was on leave at the time just ducking the fog
Nosing 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 going on
It was a strange looking bunch but then I never could understand some people
Well a fella came to me with a list in his hand
He said weâre gathering names to send a telegram
Of sympathy but he handed me a pen
I said I reckon this is going to the kids and the wives
Of my friends over there who have given their lives
And he said uh-uh buddy this is going to Ho-Chi-min
I said Ho-Chi-who? He said Ho-Chi-Min peopleâs leader North Vietnam
Well I wasnât real sure I was hearing him right
But I thought I better move before I got in a fight
Cause my ears were hurting and my pulse started hitting a lick
Then I thought about another telegram that I just read
Telling my buddyâs wife that her husband was dead
And it wasnât too long before I was feeling down right sick
Another held a sign that said we wonât fight
And I said boy ainât that right
Youâd rather let a soldier die instead
I said itâs a shame that every man
Who ever died up there in that far off land?
Is dying so you wonât have to wake up dead
Course he looked at me like I was crazy just another war monger
Well I left that place and I went downtown
Hit the first bar that I found
Cool myself off pacify my brain
You see I was on orders to Vietnam
Little old place just north of Saigon
Had about an hour to catch myself a plane
So all I mean to say is I donât like dying either
But man I ainât gonna crawl
- Album:
- Dave Dudley: Studio 102 Essentials
- Truck Drivin Son Of A Gun: The Mercury H
- Six Days On The Road
- Miscellaneous
- Presents
- Special Delivery
- The Original Traveling Man
- Will the Real Dave Dudley Please Sing
- The Pool Shark
- George and the North Woods
- Dave Dudley Country
- My Kind of Love
- Lonelyville
- Free and Easy
- Rural Route Number 1
- Songs About the Working Man
- Talk of the Town
- One More Mile
- Thanks For All The Miles
- Dave Dudley Selected Favorites