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Saigon
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Pop
Saigon was released on January 1, 1966 by RCA/Legacy as a part of the album Ballads of the Green Berets
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Release DateJanuary 1, 1966
LabelRCA/Legacy
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM166

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
SSgt. Barry Sadler
SSgt. Barry Sadler
Performer
Sid Bass
Sid Bass
Conductor
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
SSgt. Barry Sadler
SSgt. Barry Sadler
Composer
Sid Bass
Sid Bass
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Andy Wiswell
Andy Wiswell
Producer

Lyrics

Saigon's a strange city, on the river Mekong shore
A place that can overnight make a rich man poor
A city where it's starving peace, a Paris of the East
A young soldier far from home will sit down for a drink
And a black haired girl with almond eyes will help him not to think
She'll play five hundred rummy for a drink or for love
And you'll swear that she's an angel that's come from up above
Yes, she's so lovely sitting there you know she is the one
Eating a bowl of Chinese soup at a cafe in Cho-Lun
She'll smile at you with ruby lips that look so very sweet
Then take you for a little stroll down good ol' Tu Do street
Then for a while life is good, the night as sweet as honey
'Til the morning with blood-shot eyes, you find you're out of money
So at Tan Son Nhut you hop a plane and go back to the war
You've forgotten what it was you really came here for
Though you feel sick you're money is at an end
As you look down on Old Saigon and think I'll be back again
I'll be back again
I'll be back again
Written by: SSgt. Barry Sadler
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