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Artist: Cassandra Wilson
Canonical path: /cassandra-wilson/vietnam-blues
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Vietnam Blues
Read Vietnam Blues lyrics by Cassandra Wilson on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Vietnam Blues
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Vietnam Vietnam,
everybody cryin' about Vietnam
Vietnam Vietnam,
everybody cryin' about Vietnam
The lonely days are killing me down in Mississippi,
nobody seems to give a darn
Oh God if you can hear my prayer now,
please help my brothers over in Vietnam
Oh Lord if you can hear my prayer now,
please help my brothers over in Vietnam
The poor boys fightin',
killin' and hidin' all in holes,
Maybe killin' their own brother,
they do not know
Mister President you always cry about peace,
but you must clean up your house before you leave
Oh how you cry about peace,
but you must clean up your house before you leave
How can you tell the world how we need peace,
and you still mistreat and killin' poor me.
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Cassandra Wilson performs "Vietnam Blues", and this lyric page sits inside the Cassandra Wilson catalog on LyroVerse.
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Yes. The related section below points to A Day in the Life of a Fool and Another Country with a short reason for opening each page next.
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