Girl From Vietnam
1997 · 1+2 · Dallas, Texas
- Artist
- The Mullens
- Title
- Girl From Vietnam
- Release
- Step on the Gas
- Year
- 1997
- Label
- 1+2
- Format
- 7" · EP
- Country
- Dallas, Texas, USA
- Genre
- Punk · Garage Punk
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation
The Mullens, a Garage Punk group from Dallas, Texas, USA. Its membership included: Matt Mayo (guitar, vocals), Tim Stile (vocals, harmonica), Rod Baird (drums), Lee Lazarine (guitar, backing vocals), Bill Whetsel (bass), and Dana Williams (bass). The song "Girl From Vietnam" (1+2 Records # 1+2 EP 107) was about a US soldier who had a relationship with a Vietnamese woman: "it was a romance in the sticks.. it was the summer of '66". It ended with the soldier being killed in action (K.I.A.): "he took a bullet, and she took a piece of his heart".
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: She was a girl from Vietnam / And he was a boy from Birmingham / It was a romance in the sticks / And it was 1966 / When the whole thing began / When the boy met the girl from Vietnam / It was a girlfriend, in the sticks / It was 1966 / It was the summer of '66... / But she was a girl from Vietnam / And he was a boy from Birmingham / And he took a bullet / And she took a piece of his heart / It was the summer of '66...
About the artist
Garage Punk group, formed in 1994 in Dallas, Texas, USA; members included Tim Stile (vocals, harmonica), Matt Mayo (guitar, vocals), Lee Lazarine (guitar, backing vocals), Rod Baird (drums), Dana Williams (bass) and Bill Whetsel (bass).