Still In Saigon

Still  In  Saigon-Charlie  Daniels  Band

  'Got  on  a  plane  in  Fresco  and  got  off  in  Vietnam.

  I  walked  into  a  different  world,  the  past  forever  gone.

  I  could  have  gone  to  Canada  or  I  could  have  stayed  in  school.

  But  I  was  brought  up  differently.  I  couldn't  break  the  rules.

  Thirteen  months  and  fifteen  days,  the  last  ones  were  the  worst.

  One  minute  I  kneel  down  and  pray  And  the  next  I  stand  and  curse.

  No  place  to  run  to  where  I  did  not  feel  that  war.

  When  I  got  home  I  stayed  alone  and  checked  behind  each  door.

  Still  in  Saigon....Still  in  Saigon

  I  am  Still  in  Saigon  in  my  mind!

  The  ground  at  home  was  covered  with  snow.  And  I  was  covered  in  sweat.

  My  younger  brother  calls  me  a  killer  and  My  daddy  calls  me  a  vet.

  Everybody  says  that  I'm  someone  else  That  I'm  sick  and  there's  no  cure.

  Damned  if  I  know  who  I  am.  There  was  only  one  place  I  was  sure...

  When  I  was

  Still  in  Saigon...Still  in  Saigon.

  I  am  Still  in  Saigon...in  my  mind!

  Every  summer  when  it  rains,  I  smell  the  jungle,  I  hear  the  planes.

  I  can't  tell  no  one  I  feel  ashamed.  Afraid  someday  I'll  go  insane.

    That's  been  ten  long  years  ago  and  time  has  gone  on  by.

  But  now  and  then  I  catch  myself...Eyes  searchin  through  the  sky.

  All  the  sounds  of  long  ago  will  be  forever  in  my  head.

  Mingled  with  the  wounded's  cries  and  the  silence  of  the  dead...

  Cause  I'm

  Still  in  Saigon...Still  in  Saigon

  I  am  still  in  Saigon....in  my  mind!