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Mum and Dad and Danny saw the passing out parade at Puckapunyal
It was a long march from cadets
The sixth battalion was next to tour, it was me who drew the card
We did Canungra, Shoalwater, before we left
And Townsville lined the footpaths as we marched down to the quay
This clipping from the paper shows a youngon, strong and clean
And theres me with me slouch hat, my SLR and greens
God help me - I was only nineteen
From Vung Tau riding Chinooks to the dust at Nui Dat
Id been in and out of choppers now for months
We made our tents a home, V.B. and pinups on the lockers
And an Asian orange sunset through the scrub
And can you tell me, doctor, why I cant get to sleep?
And night times just a jungle dark and a barking M.16?
And whats this rash that comes and goes, can you tell me what it means?
God help me - I was only nineteen
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A four week operation, any step could be your last one on two l egs
It was a war within yourself
But you wouldnt let your mates down til they had you dusted off
So you closed your eyes and you thought about somethin else
Then someone yelled out Contact, and the bloke behind me swore
We hooked in there for hours, then a God almighty roar
Frankie kicked the mine the day that mankind kicked the moon
God help me - he was goin home in June
I can still see Frankie, drinkin tinnies in the Grand Hotel
On a thirty-six hour rec. leave in Vung Tau
And I can still hear Frankie, lyin screamin in the jungle
Til the morphine came and killed the bloody row
And the Anzac legends didnt mention mud and blood and tears
And the stories that my father told me never seemed quite real
And I caught some pieces in my back that I d