Vietnam

Hey, Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam Yesterday I got a letter from my friend Fighting in Vietnam And this is what he had to say 'Tell all my friends that I'll be coming home soon My time it'll be up some time in June Don't forget, he said to tell my sweet Mary Her golden lips as sweet as cherries And it came from Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam It was just the next day his mother got a telegram It was addressed from Vietnam Now mistress Brown, she lives in the USA And this is what she wrote and said Don't be alarmed, she told me the telegram said But mistress Brown your son is dead And it came from Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam Somebody please stop that war now It was just the next day his mother got a telegram It was addressed from Vietnam Now mistress Brown, she lives in the USA And this is what she wrote and said Don't be alarmed, she told me the telegram said Oh, but mistress Brown your son is dead And it came from Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam Somebody please stop it Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam What I'm saying now somebody stop that war --- Vietnam - Jimmy Cliff