The Morning of the Dragon

Lyrics

[FIRST GROUP] On silent feet it came Breathing a sheet of flame, it came Closing in on its rightful prey Burning a hundred years away The morning of the dragon Truth lit up the street The tiger we were stalking Walked on paper feet And in the clear white heat of dawn Was gone [FIRST GROUP & SECOND GROUP] From every door they came (Victory) These children born of war, they came (Victory) Sharing a secret word which they (Victory) Waited a hundred years to say (The morning of the dragon) (All the walls fell down) Thе morning of the dragon Truth lit up the street (Brother greetеd brother) The tiger we were stalking walked on paper feet (In a sudden light) (And the endless night) And in the clear white heat of dawn [FIRST & SECOND GROUPS] Was gone [FIRST GROUP, SECOND GROUP & THIRD GROUP] On silent feet it came (Victory) Breathing a sheet of flame it came (Victory) (May all our children learn) Closing in on its rightful prey (Victory) (The tide of right) Burning a hundred years (Will turn) Away (The morning of the dragon all) The morning of the dragon (The walls fell down) (Giants) Truth lit up the street (Brother greeted brother) (Fall, tigers) The tiger we were stalking (In a) (Burn) Walked on paper feet (Sudden light) (Someday) (And the endless) (With the dawn) And in the clear White heat of dawn (Night) Was gone (Was gone) (They're gone) [ENGINEER] Three years of school was nice In rice fields planting rice You did good work, you see Reeducating me [ENSEMBLE] Who lives a lie Must change or die [ENGINEER] Three years, how quick they moved Look how the world's improved Saigon, that queen of sin Renamed for Ho Chi Minh [ENSEMBLE] Who lives a lie Must change or die [ENGINEER] But men will always be men They washed out my brain I'm still what I am Deep inside, I know what I know Wherever I go I speak Uncle Ho And think Uncle Sam [ASSISTANT COMMISSAR] Your name is Tran van Dinh? [ENGINEER] At your service [ASSISTANT COMMISSAR] You're called the Engineer [ENGINEER] Yes, sir [ASSISTANT COMMISSAR] The people's commissar [ENGINEER] Am I free? [ASSISTANT COMMISSAR] Has ordered you back here [ENSEMBLE] Who lives a lie Must change or die [SOLDIER 1 & 2] We found the man that you wanted so bad [SOLDIER 1] And Commissar, you were perfectly right [SOLDIER 2] He had been taken up North to a camp [SOLDIER 1] We brought him down under cover of night [SOLDIER 2] Once he had served the American clique [SOLDIER 1] Selling our sisters or daughters for gold [SOLDIER 2] Notice we caught him in less that a week [SOLDIERS 1 & 2] When we get orders we do what we're told [THUY] All right! All right! That's it, that's all You've done your job, that's it Now go back I'll take over now [THUY, spoken] Kim [THUY] Find my cousin for me I know she worked for you You know who her friends were One of them is the clue Sniff her out, you know how Think, now what would she do? [ENGINEER] I never saw her again I am a different man I've been enlightened since then But men must help other men And seeing it's you I'll work to the bone [THUY] I'll give you forty-eight hours If you want to stay free Don't come back here alone [FIRST GROUP & THUY, SECOND GROUP, THIRD GROUP] On silent feet it came (Victory) Breathing a sheet of flame it came (Victory) (May all our children learn) Closing in on its rightful prey (Victory) (The tide of right) Burning a hundred years away (Will turn) [ALL THREE GROUPS] The morning of the dragon Truth lit up the street The tiger we were stalking Walked on paper feet And in the clear white heat of dawn Was gone