War Widows Vietnam

Annotation

Punk Rock band formed in 2005 in New York, USA. It had a revolving line-up, but led by Stza (aka Scott Sturgeon). They released the anti-war song "War Widows Vietnam" (Fat Wreck Chords # FAT769-1), which looked at the toll of the war from the Vietnamese home front perspective, "from Da-Nang to Saigon...two hundred thousand dead", noting the widows left behind. The narrator placed the blame on the "profiteers from the White House to the fucking Pentagon". The song also noted the widows and parents in the US who lost family: "waste of their sons in a case, draped in red, white and blue".

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Lyrics

English: War widows Vietnam for you I'll shed a tear / Wish every wrong from Da-Nang to Saigon / Would all just disappear war widows sing a song / Cry for their boys in blue and the fucking disgrace / Of the American race, flown so far to you / I'll tell the tale about a bunch of children / From a small town just like yours and just like mine / The blood like wine / I'll tell the tale about a bunch of virtue lost / And the collateral cost on our minds / In over 40 years of time war widows Vietnam / I sing these songs for you... / From a Vietnamese point of view / War widows Vietnam / Two hundred thousand dead / And the sweat in the palms with the begging of alms / To stop the flag of red, I came to tell the tale about some killers / Who conspired to inflict grievous harm and they set the world to alarm / I'll tell the tale about these fucking killers / Profiteers from the White House to the fucking Pentagon / War widows Vietnam, no welcome home this year / Just the shrapnel paid from the U.S. grenade... / War widows sing a song about their boys, no clue / Or the fucking waste of their sons in a case / Draped in red, white and blue

About the artist

American punk band formed 2005 in New York City. [Source: Wikipedia]

Themes

Anti-Government · Anti-War · Flag · Grenade · Saigon

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Punk Songs