Laotian Sun

LBJ got himself in a mess He's looking to put our nation to the test Herbicidal gases and napalm Capitalism strikes Vietnam When uncle sam blatantly points at you For reasons no one new In a nuclear age would else could we do What could we do The draft will make use of every mothers son And there was no way out till the job was done Be it, a burnout with flat swollen feet A junkie or a scholarship athlete You'll conform without your liberal songs They'll cut your hair you grew so long Forced to fight the commie vietcong Surely Kennedy had died in vein When they colored the streets with his brains No lessons learned in the decades passed Maybe with another atomic blast Atomic blast Across new borders you will be sent Deep into an inferno descent Forsaken by folks at home In complete chaos you'll stand alone You lived a life of innocent fun Then at eighteen they gave you the gun To fight and die under the Laotian sun