vietcong blues

i woke up early this mornin', i was feelin' kind of blue, my landlady said you got a letter here, and i began to sing the blues, it was from my brother, don't you know the boy's laying down in vietnam, lord they say, you don't have no reason to fight baby but, lord knows you think you're right, you wake up early in the mornin' baby, and you don't have nothin' to eat, you can't buy yourself no clothes baby, lord knows who can you meet, my brother's in vietnam, people don't you know just why i'm singin' these blues, you might have no respect for your country darlin', but that's why, that's why i'm singin' these blues, the mothers, all the wives, all the fathers, that have sons, in vietnam, you hear me?, this is to you, always, oh i'm gonna wake up early in the mornin', people i'm 'bout to go out of my god-darn' mind, lord i'm gonna wake up early in the mornin', people i'm 'bout to go out of my god-darn' mind, it's so sad, it's so sad to think about your people, lord when the other man thinks they're wrong, lord i woke up in the mornin', you're gonna look up, you're gonna look up and find yourself gone, lord i woke up this mornin', you're gonna look up and find yourself gone, lord then you're gonna ask the good lord to forgive you, please forgive me for my sins.