Intro: Hey! CHORUS: 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 will be up sometime in June Don't forget he said, to tell my sweet Mary Her golden lips as sweet as cherries And it came from ...CHORUS It was just the next day his mother got a telegram It was addressed from Vietnam Now, Mistress Brown, she lives in the U.S.A. And this is what she wrote and said "Don't be alarmed" she told me the telegram read "But Mistress Brown, your son is dead" And it came from ...CHORUS ( Somebody please stop that war now! ...SOLO REPEAT SECOND VERSE REPEAT CHORUS TWICE

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