lirik lagu i was only 19 (a walk in the light green) – redgum
mum and dad and danny saw the p-ssing out parade at puckapunyal
it was a long march from cadets
the sixth battalion was the next to tour and it was me who drew the card
we did canungra and shoalwater before we left
and townsville lined the footpaths as we marched down to the quay
this clipping from the paper shows us young and strong and clean
and there’s me in me slouch hat with me 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
and 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 still 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, when each step can mean 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 thought about somethin’ else
and then someone yelled out “contact”, another bloke swore
we hooked in there for hours, then a god almighty roar
and frankie kicked a mine the day that mankind kicked the moon
god help me – he was goin’ home in june
and 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, lying screaming in the jungle
’til the morphine came and killed the bl–dy 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.
i caught some pieces in my back that i didn’t even feel
god help me, i was only nineteen.
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