(upbeat music)
(piano keys)
(guitar strum)
(piano keys)
♪ Why does Saigon never sleep at night ♪
♪ Why does this girl smell of orange trees ♪
♪ How can I feel good when nothing's right ♪
♪ Why is she cool when there is no breeze ♪
♪ Vietnam, you don't give answers do you friend ♪
♪ Just questions that don't ever end ♪
♪ Why God ♪
♪ Why today ♪
♪ I'm all through here on my way ♪
♪ There's nothing left here that I'll miss ♪
♪ Why send me now a night like this ♪
♪ Who is the girl in this rusty bed ♪
♪ Why am I back in a filthy room ♪
♪ Why is her voice ringing in my head ♪
♪ Why am I high on her cheap perfume ♪
♪ Vietnam, hey look, I mean you no offense ♪
♪ But why does nothing here make sense ♪
♪ Why God ♪
♪ Show your hand ♪
♪ Why can't one guy understand ♪
♪ I've been with girls who knew much more ♪
♪ I never felt confused before ♪
♪ Why me ♪
♪ What's your plan ♪
♪ I can't help her, no one can ♪
♪ I want my memories as they were ♪
♪ But now I'll leave remembering her ♪
(guitar plays)
♪ When I went home before, no one talked of the war ♪
♪ What they knew from TV didn't have a thing to do with me ♪
♪ I went back and re-upped, sure Saigon is corrupt ♪
♪ It felt better to be here driving for the embassy ♪
♪ 'Cause here if you can pull a string, ♪
♪ A guy like me lives like a king ♪
♪ Just as long as you don't believe anything ♪
(cello plays)
♪ Why God ♪
♪ Why this face ♪
♪ Why such beauty in this place ♪
♪ I want my memories as they were ♪
♪ But now I'll leave remembering her ♪
♪ Just her ♪
(upbeat music)