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AMum and Dad and CDenny saw the Gpassing out pDarade at PuckaApunyal
It was lGong march from cadAets
The sAixth battalion was the Cnext to tour and it was Gme who drew the carDd
We did CAanungra and ShoalwaGter before we lAeft
And TEownsville lined the footpath as we mDarched down to the quAay
This clEipping from the paper shows us yoDung and strong and cleAan
F#mAnd there's me in my slouEch hat with my DSLR and greenAs
God hEelp me, I was only niDneteen
From AVung Tau riding ChiCnooks to the dGust at NuiD Dat
I'd been iAn and out of choGppers now for mAonths
And we Amade our tents a hCome, V.B. and pinGups on the locDkers
And an AAsian orange sunGset through the sAcrub
And cEan you tell me doctor why I sDtill can't get to sleAep?
And nEight time's just a jungle dark and a bDarking M.1A6?
And F#mwhat's this rash that Ecomes and goes, can you tDell me what it meAans?
God hEelp me, I was only ninDeteen
A fAour week operaCtion, when each stGep can mean your lastD one
On two lAegs: it was a waGr within yourAself
But you Awouldn't let your mCates down 'til they hGad you dusted ofDf
So you cAlosed your eyes and you tGhought about something eAlse
And then sEomeone yelled out Contact, and the bDloke behind me swoAre
We hEooked in there for hours, then a GDod almighty roAar
F#mFrankie kicked a miEne the day that maDnkind kicked the moAon
God hEelp me, he was going homDe in June
ACGDAGA
A1 can still see FCrankie, drinking tiGnnies in the GraDnd Hotel
On a thiArty-six hour recG leave in Vung TAau
AAnd I can still hear CFrankie, lying sGcreaming in the junDgle
'Till the mAorphine came and kilGled the bloody rAow
And the AnEzac legends didn't mention mDud and blood and tAears
And stEories that my father told me nDever seemed quite reAal
I cF#maught some pieces Ein my back that I dDidn't even feAel
God Ehelp me, I was only nineDteen
And cEan you tell me doctor why I sDtill can't get to sleAep?
And wEhy the Channel Seven chopper cDhills me to my fAeet?
And F#mwhat's this rash that cEomes and goes, can you Dtell me what it meAans?
God hEelp me, I was only nineDteen
God hEelp me, I was only nineteen
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