hey vietnam vietnam vietnam vietnam vietnam vietnam vietnam yesterday i got a letter from my friend fighting in vietnam and this is what he had to say tell all my friends that i ll be coming home soon my time ll be up sometime 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 wrote 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