Sad Eyes (Tribute to Vietnam Veterans)
1985 · Interfusion K-9910 · Sydney, Australia
- Artist
- LeGarde Twins
- Title
- Sad Eyes (Tribute to Vietnam Veterans)
- Release
- Australia's Country Hall of Fame / Sad Eyes (Tribute to Vietnam Veterans)
- Year
- 1985
- Label
- Interfusion # K-9910
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Sydney, Australia
- Songwriter
- Sharon B. LeGarde
- Genre
- Country · Country Pop
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation
Australian country duo, formed in Mackay, Queensland, Australia, and currently based in Nashville, Tennessee, USA - with Ted LeGarde (guitar, vocals) and Tom LeGarde (guitar, vocals). They released the country song "Sad Eyes (Tribute to Vietnam Veterans)" (Interfusion # K-9910), which looked at the perspective of Vietnam veterans. The narrator recalled soldiers being sent to "a jungle, Vietnam was the name". It described the conflict as "a no win situation". The soldiers came back with "sad eyes", and the narrator said that "we're proud and... grateful to you". Released on a Sydney, NSW, record label..
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Australian & New Zealand Songs
Australian country duo, formed in Mackay, Queensland, Australia, and currently based in Nashville, Tennessee, USA - with Ted LeGarde (guitar, vocals) and Tom LeGarde (guitar, vocals). They released the country song "Sad Eyes (Tribute to Vietnam Veterans)" (Interfusion # K-9910), which looked at the perspective of Vietnam veterans. The narrator recalled soldiers being sent to "a jungle, Vietnam was the name". It described the conflict as "a no win situation". The soldiers came back with "sad eyes", and the narrator said that "we're proud and... grateful to you". Released on a Sydney, NSW, record label.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: Sad eyes, sad cries, nobody will ever know the price they paid / Proud men, brave men, the pain that they all knew / Only sad eyes know / Can you explain the politician, who send men's hearts to break / In a no win situation, it was so hard to take / We wait for years to pass / And try to mend them / And then wipe the tears from their sad eyes again / Sad eyes, sad cries... / I crossed the ocean / A jungle, Vietnam was the name / Their lives and years were given... / Inside, today, war is still the same / Sad eyes have honoured again / Sad eyes are you listening while I'm singing to you / I want you to know that our feelings are true / We're proud and understand, and grateful to you / Want to help your sad eyes smile again / Sad eyes, sad cries...
Notes
Produced by Ted and Tom LeGarde, Dave Signs, Bernie Vaughn, Brian Fisher and Gene Breeden; Gum Tree Music / Max Music; matrix MX-65762. Interfusion K-9910, 45 RPM; ℗ 1985 Max Music Pty. Limited, © 1985 Festival Records Pty. Limited, Australia; "Sad Eyes (Tribute to Vietnam Veterans)" (Sharon B. Legarde), 3:45; "Made in Australia by Festival Records Pty Ltd". Label artwork shows pink capsule shapes over a desert grid; in a Festival "no. 1" company sleeve ("Give the gift of music"). [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
Formed Mackay, QLD, Australia. Currently Nashville, Tennessee, USA.