July 2020 edit
2019 electric version;
2019 accoustic version
| Viet Nam (Constant War) |
| by Jeff G. P. B. Ellis |
| He was an Indian tracker |
| Who plied his skills over in that war |
| They said to stop the Commies |
| Was the reason for that war |
| He trekked out for twenty miles |
| To see what he could see |
| To find those Viet Cong |
| And tell our troops where they would be |
| He surely did save lives |
| Of men sent there to fight |
| But the reason that we went there-- |
| Was it wrong or was it right? |
| Viet Nam. Viet Nam. |
| Is consant war our fate? |
| Peaceful answers can be found |
| Let's learn to use restraint |
| I was eithteen years old |
| In nineteen seventy-three |
| I worried about the draft then, |
| Counting on them overlooking me |
| I didn't want to be forced |
| To go and kill my fellow man |
| To make the world peace-loving |
I want to do all I can. |
| I was hating Richard Nixon |
| And our government back then. |
| Their lousy world view-- |
| How they treated our young men. |
| Viet Nam. Viet Nam. |
| Is consant war our fate? |
| Peaceful answers can be found |
| Let's learn to use restraint |
| Since View Nam had ended |
| Yes, there has been much more war |
| Peace is so elusive |
| We seem as stupid as before |
| We won't learn from being burned |
| Nor killing others from afar |
| Viet Nam after Viet Nam |
| Can we get away from war? |
| The day mean and agressive men | Are not given any mind |
| Then we can live in harmony. | Peace and happiness we'll find. |
| Constant war? No constant war! |
| Let peace now be our fate. | Find compromise solutions |
| And make agression wait. |
for comments, write Jeff at jeffellis1955@gmail.com
updated July 24th, 2020