Do you know what we're fighting for?
when it's not worth fighting for?
We are in a place unknown,
where our friends have never thought of going.

The draft was so unjust
and registering was a must.
Some were drafted and forced to go.
Others volunteered or avoided it.

We do kill our enemies
and that was part of our victories.
But the people we are protecting
turn out to be our foes.

The morale among us is low
and we know why this is so.
All this combat is confusing us.
We don't know whether we win or not.

We were sent to a place to fight
for freedom and people's rights.
But all we caused is grief and fear
So we might as well just go back home.

Most of us are going insane
Hanging over our heads is pain.
We all wait for the enemy
To shoot before we fire at them

We place sorrow and anger upon
the good people of Vietnam.
We had no business there anyway.
So why were we there in the first place?

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Do you know what we're fighting for,
when it's not worth fighting for?
We are in a place unknown,
where our friends have never thought of going.

The draft was so unjust
and registering was a must.
Some were drafted and forced to go.
Others volunteered or avoided it.

We do kill our enemies
and that was part of our victories.
But the people we are protecting
turn out to be our foes.

We were sent to a place to fight
for freedom and people's rights.
But all we caused is grief and fear
So we might as well just go back home.

We place sorrow and anger upon
the good people of Vietnam.
We had no business there anyway.
So why were we there in the first place?