Jimmy Cliff: Vietnam

Jimmy Cliff, aki a jamaikai reggae örökös toplistájában valószínűleg rögtön Bob Marley után következik, 1970-ben írta ezt a dalt. A Vietnamot Bob Dylan minden idők legjobb protest songjának nevezte. Túl azon, hogy a mondanivalója miatt mindig aktuális (cseréljük Vietnamot tetszés szerint Irakra, Afganisztánra, stb.), az apropót most az osztrák-magyar határon zajló picture on fesztivál adja, ahol a 64 éves élő legenda péntek este koncertezik. Yaman!

Hey Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam

Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam

Yesterday I got a letter from my friend fighting in Vietnam
An this is what he had to say:
'Tell all my friends that I'll be coming home soon
My time'll be up some time in June
Don't forget', he said, 'to tell my sweet Mary
Her golden lips are sweet as cherry'

And it came from Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam
Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam

It was just the next day his mother got a telegram
It was addressed from Vietnam
Now mistress Brown, she lives in the USA
And this is what she rode and said:
'Don't be alarmed', she told me the telegram said
'But mistress Brown your son is dead'

And it came from Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam
Vietnam, Vietnam - hey - Vietnam
Somebody please stop that war now!

Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam - oh
Vietnam, Vietnam - oh - Vietnam, oh oh oh oh - somebody please stop it
Vietnam, Vietnam - oh - Vietnam, Vietnam, oh oh oh oh
Vietnam - hey - Vietnam - aha - Vietnam - oh oh yeah
I wanna say now somebody stop that war - Vietnam .... - oh yeah, aha ....