[00:00.00]I Was Only 19(A Walk in the Light Green) - John Schumann and The Vagabond Crew/John Schumann
[00:06.43]Written by：John Schumann
[00:12.86]Mum and Dad and Denny saw the passing out parade at Puckapunyal
[00:18.70]It was long march from cadets
[00:22.89]The Sixth Battalion was the next to tour and it was me
[00:25.96]Who drew the card
[00:28.22]We did Canungra and Shoalwater before we left
[00:33.97]And Townsville lined the footpath as we marched down to the quay
[00:39.21]This clipping from the paper shows us young and strong and clean
[00:45.14]And there's me in my slouch hat with my SLR and greens
[00:50.53]God help me I was only nineteen
[01:02.60]From Vung Tau riding Chinooks to the dust at Nui Dat
[01:08.49]I'd been in and out of choppers now for months
[01:13.12]But we made our tents a home VB and pin-ups on the lockers
[01:18.62]And an Asian orange sunset through the scrub
[01:24.19]And can you tell me doctor why I still can't get to sleep
[01:29.85]And night time's just a jungle dark and a barking M16
[01:35.42]And what's this rash that comes and goes can you tell me what it means
[01:41.52]God help me I was only nineteen
[01:52.14]A four week operation when each step could mean your last one on two legs
[01:58.85]It was a war within yourself
[02:03.28]But you wouldn't let your mates down 'til they had you dusted off
[02:08.62]So you closed your eyes and thought about something else
[02:14.26]Then someone yelled out Contact' and the bloke behind me swore
[02:20.00]We hooked in there for hours then a God almighty roar
[02:25.86]Frankie kicked a mine the day that mankind kicked the moon
[02:31.00]God help me he was going home in June
[03:04.85]I can still see Frankie drinking tinnies in the Grand Hotel
[03:10.37]On a thirty-six hour rec leave in Vung Tau
[03:15.90]And I can still hear Frankie lying screaming in the jungle
[03:21.30]'Till the M******e came and killed the bloody row
[03:27.02]And the Anzac legends didn't mention mud and blood and tears
[03:32.46]And stories that my father told me never seemed quite real
[03:37.26]I caught some pieces in my back that I didn't even feel
[03:43.67]God help me I was only nineteen
[03:52.16]And can you tell me doctor why I still can't get to sleep
[03:57.98]And why the Channel Seven chopper chills me to my feet
[04:04.73]And what's this rash that comes and goes can you tell me what it means
[04:08.48]God help me
[04:12.96]I was only nineteen