Still In Saigon

Got on a plane in 'Frisco and got off in Vietnam

I walked into a different world, the past forever gone

I could have gone to Canada

Or I could have stayed in school

But I was brought up differently

I couldn't break the rules

13 months and 15 days

The last ones were the worst

One minute I'd kneel down and pray and the next I'd stand and curse

No place to run to, where I did not feel that war

When I got home I stayed alone and checked behind each door

'Cause I'm still in Saigon

Still in Saigon

I am still in Saigon

In my mind

The ground at home was covered with snow

And I was covered with sweat

My younger brother calls me a killer

And my daddy calls me a vet

Everybody says I'm someone else that I'm sick and there's no cure

Damned if I know who I am

There was only one place I was sure

When I was still in Saigon

Still in Saigon

I am still in Saigon

In my mind

Every summer when it rains, I smell the jungle, I hear the planes

Can't tell no one, I feel ashamed

Afraid some day I'll go insane

That's been ten long years ago

And time has gone on by

But now and then I catch myself

Eyes searching through the sky

All the sounds of long ago will be forever in my head

Mingled with the wounded cries

And the silence of the dead

'Cause I'm still in Saigon

Still in Saigon

I am still in Saigon

In my mind

I am still in Saigon

I am still in Saigon

Yes, I'm still in Saigon

In my mind

Still in Saigon