Kate Wolf
Kate Wolf - Agent Orange lyrics
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I was 17 when I quit school the year that I enlisted I don’t recall just why I did, my mom says I insisted I had some strange idea then that Uncle Sam was right Momma cried, she signed the card and I went off to fight But I just found out this morning, the doctor told me so They killed me in Vietnam and I didn’t even know Got off the plane in Vietnam, it didn’t look like war With all I saw I started wondering what we came there for Some officers got drunk at night and cheated on their wives While those peasants on the other side were fighting for their lives You know the army tried some fancy stuff to bring them to their knees Like Agent Orange defoliants to clear the brush and trees They fly all day above the trails through clouds of poison spray But they never said that chemicals would hurt our health today But I got the news this morning, the doctor told me so They killed me in Vietnam and I didn’t even know Well I tried hard to forget that war like everybody else did I settled down, got married and I even had some kids Our children both had birth defects, the doctors had their doubts They never said what caused it but I think I just found out Because I just found out this morning, the doctor told me so They killed me in Vietnam and I didn’t even know The doctor says I have some time, he was trying to be kind Your know I’ve never been a radical but this has changed my mind I’d be so proud to hear my son say: "Hell no we won’t go Because you killed our dad in Vietnam and he didn’t even know" This Agent Orange from Vietnam, we carry with us still Stays inside for years and years, it does its best to kill You might get cancer of the liver, you might get cancer of the skin You might get a VA disability, you might not live to win Because I got the news this morning, the doctor told me so They killed me in Vietnam and I didn’t even know They killed me in Vietnam and I didn’t even know