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i was only nineteen - conation lyrics

[verse 1]
mum and dad and denny saw the passing out parade at puckapunyal
it was a long march from cadets
well the sixth battalion was the next to tour, and it was me who drew the card
we did canungra and shoalwater before we left

[chorus]
and townsville lined the footpaths as we marched down to the quay
this clipping from the paper shows us young and strong and clean
well there’s me, with my slouch hat, with my slr and greens
god help me
i was only nineteen

[verse 2]
from vung tau riding chinooks to the dust at nui dat
we’d been in and out of choppers now for months
and we made our tents a home, vb, and pinups on the lockers
and an asian orange sunset through the scrub

[chorus]
and can you tell me, doctor, why i still can’t get to sleep?
night time’s just a jungle dark, barking m16?
what’s this rash, comes and goes?
can you tell me what it means?
god help me
i was only nineteen
[verse 3]
a four week operation when each step could 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 something else

[verse 4]
and then someone yelled out “contact!” and the bloke behind me swore
we hooked in there for hours, then a god*almighty roar
frankie kicked a mine the day mankind kicked the moon
god help me
he was going home in june

[verse 5]
and i can still see frankie drinking 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 k!lled the bl**dy row

[verse 6]
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 i didn’t even feel
god help me
i was only nineteen
[chorus]
and can you tell me, doctor, why i still can’t get to sleep?
and why the channel seven chopper chills me to my feet?
and what’s this rash that comes and goes?
can you tell me what it means?
god help me
i was only nineteen

- conation lyrics

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