Who should I meet but President Diem
That means rule by one family
For good old democracy
Well, now old Dien is gone and dead
Families that slay together
When they ring the gong
With the government yhat doesn't take a chance
Me and Syngman Rhee, Chiang Kai-shek, Madam Nhu
Well training is the word we use
American
Said you're fighting to keep Vietnam free
Like I said on 'Meet the Press'
Yes they're pro-American, freedom sensations
Me and the 7th fleet"
Yes we burned out the jungles far and wide
The sweetheart of Dien Bien Phu"
Friends the very next day we trained some more
Said, "If you want to stay you'll have to pay
Now all the news commentators and the CIA
Well they put me in a barracks house
He said, "Meet my brothers, meet my aunts
Them Commies never fight fair
We burned some villages down to the floor
So I climbed aboard my helicopter plane
Thousand
We flew above the battle ground
Ruling this backward Buddhist land
Well, I walked through the jungle and around the bend
I'm the power elite
Well, it ain't much but what the heck
Stay together"
But don't turn your back on your house boy"
Well, the sergeant said, "It's time to train"
He must have forgotten, we're only trainees
Against Red China, the United Nations
They said, "You're pretty safe when the troops deploy
If you lose the country you'll still have me
And 15,000 American troops, give or take a few
Just across the way from Laos
It sure beats hell out of Chiang Kai-shek
Made sure those red apes had no place left to hide
To fight for the wrong government and the American way
Training a million Vietnamese
Over a million dollars a day, but it's worth it all, don't you see?
He said, "I was a fine old Christian man
Under lock and key, made damn sure they're free
Watch out for the Viet-Cong
I regret that I have but one country to give for my life"
Nice word to have in case we lose
Troops
Threw all the people in relocation camps
A sniper tried to shoot us down
All the new leaders are anti-Red
He said, "Meet my sister, Madam Nhu
