1967 - Don McLean

[00:15.17]In 1967, the draft caught up with me
[00:22.72]Me and my pal Joe went off to war
[00:29.07]We might find hero's heaven
[00:32.13]But we'd keep the country free
[00:35.89]We would surely win just like before
[00:42.31]Roy Rogers he was on his horse
[00:45.56]And Buck Jones drew his gun
[00:48.97]And we would surely win of course
[00:52.20]When the battle was all done
[00:57.50]1967, I came back alone
[01:04.16]They brought Joe back in plastic on the plane
[01:10.79]1967 seems so long ago
[01:17.48]But I can't forget my friend or ease my pain
[01:24.40]His family may forget him
[01:27.14]His children may regret him
[01:31.20]His wife may find another and go on
[01:37.94]His picture may grow faded
[01:40.35]And the world he knew gone jaded
[01:44.75]But as long as I shall live I surely know
[01:51.24]I never will forget my buddy Joe
[02:14.54]In 1967, the war was raging on
[02:21.47]Our country was divided and reborn
[02:28.61]Though I was back at home, I had never left Saigon
[02:35.14]'Cause all I got was ridicule and scorn
[02:42.41]This was no place for hero's now
[02:45.17]They all seemed to resent me
[02:48.96]They said, \"Why did you ever go?\"
[02:51.82]I said, \"Because they sent me\"
[02:57.91]1967, they buried my friend Joe
[03:04.94]And I was flashing back while people wept
[03:11.64]I thought of how he saved us
[03:14.34]And I watched the landmine blow
[03:17.65]And I looked down at his dogtag that I kept
[03:24.99]You'll always be a young man
[03:28.53]You always will be smiling
[03:32.76]You always will be confident and true
[03:39.89]Your picture may grow faded
[03:42.29]And the world you knew gone jaded
[03:46.91]But as long as I shall live I surely know
[03:54.04]I never will forget you buddy Joe
[04:01.32]Long as I shall live I surely know
[04:07.96]I never will forget you buddy Joe