Vietnam Vacation
2003 · Fallen Angel FA2001-02 · Long Beach, California
- Artist
- Running On Fumes
- Title
- Vietnam Vacation
- Release
- Running On Fumes
- Year
- 2003
- Label
- Fallen Angel # FA2001-02
- Format
- Album
- Language
- English
- Country
- Long Beach, California, USA
- Genre
- Rock · Punk Rock
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation
Punk Rock group formed in 2001 in Long Beach, California, USA. Its membership included: Celso (lead guitar, vocals), Seth (guitar, vocals), Tim (bass, vocals), and Keith (drums, percussion). The song "Vietnam Vacation" (FA2001), featuring the sound-effects of war mid-way through the song, tells the story of a soldier "sent to Vietnam" at "the age of 21, left in the jungle". He does "five fucking tours". Then into the present tense, the veteran is "sitting in the park", telling the narrator "all the horrors".
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: Okay let's go / They sent him overseas at the age of 21 / Left in the jungle... and his gun / Was taken from his home, was taken from his land / Got to have a tool for this government's plan / Sent to Vietnam / Five fucking tours / He sits alone in anguish and tells me all the horrors / Living in a foxhole... / Mangled bodies looking up at him... He doesn't give a shit, loves another round... / But now its '97, and sitting in the park / And the tears on his wrinkled face / He tells me all the horrors