Lyrics

[Intro] I remember looking at my men The average age was nineteen My God, you know? I'm taking boys to war Nineteen Fourteen British military personnel are killed in Afghanistan The worst loss of life in a single day since the conflict began Does this all sound too familiar? This is the story of men who are victims of war They fought the longest war in American history (War) They all saw heavy combat in Vietnam [Chorus] N-n-n-n-nineteen N-n-n-n-nineteen [Bridge] In 1965, Vietnam seemed like Just another foreign war But it wasn't, it was different in many ways And so were thosе who did the fighting In World War II, the averagе age of the combat soldier was twenty-six In Vietnam, he was nineteen [Chorus] N-n-n-n-nineteen N-n-n-n-nineteen (Nineteen) [Verse 1: Kid Crab] A voice in my head is saying, "Welcome to hell" Will I even survive? There's only one way to tell It's either him or me, but one of us gotta die As I stone cold stare into my enemy's eyes [Chorus] N-n-n-n-nineteen N-n-n-n-nineteen (Nineteen) [Verse 2: Kid Crab] A voice in my head is saying, "Kill or be killed" My adrenaline is flowing, through my blood, it's real I feel death in the air, I see men on the ground Tunnel vision, then silence, uh, and it's a deafening sound [Chorus] That kid was only nineteen N-n-n-n-nineteen (Nineteen) Nineteen (Nineteen) N-n-n-n-nineteen (Nineteen) [Bridge] The average age was nineteen My God, I'm taking boys to war Vietnam (Saigon) [Verse 3: Kid Crab] A voice in my head is saying, "This ain't a game" Yo, it's a living hell, life will never be the same What's the reason I'm here? Why should I be at war? When I don't even understand what I'm fighting for Does this sound oh-so familiar? It's all too familiar (War) [Chorus] That kid was only nineteen N-n-n-n-nineteen (Nineteen) Nineteen [Outro] There is no more obscene way to die Than be shot to death with war That kid was only nineteen British soldier was killed and five others injured After they were came under fire in Northern Afghanistan The heaviest fighting of the past two weeks continued today Twenty five miles northwest of Saigon The average age was nineteen The average age was nineteen Mystery keeps repeating itself (Itself)