Only 19 lyrics

Artist  : John Williamson 
Song : Only 19



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														   Mum and Dad and Danny saw the
passing out parade at Puckapunyal 

It was a
long march from cadets

The sixth battalion
was next to tour, it was me who drew the card

We did Canungra, Shoalwater, before we left



And Townsville lined the footpaths as we
marched down to the quay

This clipping from
the paper shows a youngon', strong and clean

And there's me with me slouch hat, my SLR and
greens

God help me - I was only nineteen



From Vung Tau riding Chinooks to the
dust at Nui Dat

I'd been in and out of
choppers now for months

We made our tents a
home, V.B. and pinups on the lockers

And an
Asian orange sunset through the scrub



And can you tell me, doctor, why I can't get
to sleep? 

And night time's just a jungle
dark and a barking M.16? 

And what's this
rash that comes and goes, can you tell me what it
means?

God help me - I was only nineteen



A four week operation, any step could
be your last one on two legs

It was a war
within yourself

But you wouldn't let your
mates down 'til they had you dusted off

So
you closed your eyes and you thought about
somethin' else



Then someone yelled
out "Contact", and the bloke behind me swore

We hooked in there for hours, then a God
almighty roar

Frankie kicked the mine the
day that mankind kicked the moon

God help
me - he was goin' home in June



I can
still see Frankie, drinkin' tinnies in the Grand
Hotel 

On a thirty-six hour rec. leave in
Vung Tau

And I can still hear Frankie,
lyin' screamin' in the jungle

'Til the
morphine came and killed the bloody row



And the Anzac legends didn't mention mud and
blood and tears

And the stories that my
father told me never seemed quite real

And
I caught some pieces in my back that I d