Killermiller - Acoustic Guitar & Vocals - Recorded live in Oslo, Norway - 28.07.2025
acoustic guitar
billy joel
1982cover
Story behind the song
Vietnam War 1955-1975
Lyrics
We met as soul mates on Parris Island
We left as inmates from an asylum
And we were sharp as sharp as knives
And we were gung ho to lay down our lives
We came in spastic, like tame-less horses
We left in plastic as numbered corpses
And we learned fast to travel light
Our arms were heavy but our bellies were tight
We had no home front, we had no soft soap
They sent us Playboy, they gave us Bob Hope
We dug in deep and shot on sight
And prayed to Jesus Christ with all of our might
We had no cameras to shoot the landscape
We passed the hash pipe and played our Doors
tapes and it was dark, so dark at night and we
Held on to each other like brother to brother
We promised our mothers we'd write
And we would all go down together
We said we'd all go down together
Yes, we would all go down together
Remember Charlie, remember Baker
They left their childhood on every acre
And who was wrong? And who was right?
It didn't matter in the thick of the fight
We held the day in the palms of our hands
They ruled the night, and the night Seemed
to last as long as
Six weeks on Parris Island
We held the coastline they held the highlands
And they were sharp as sharp as knives
They heard the hum of our motors, they counted
The rotors and waited for us to arrive
And we will all go down together
We said we'd all go down together
Yes, we would all go down together