U.S. soldiers are a-dying over there, over there As the status quo remains over there U.s. soldiers are a-dying while their mothers sit home crying It's a crime how they're dying over there. Viet nam, oh viet nam, oh why must we die in viet nam Well, I don't really care to die to die for the new frontier And make viet nam safe for di-em-o-cra-cy. Now one family rules the country over there, over there And they lock up opposition over there Well, I don't really crave to fill a viet nam-grave As one family fills their pockets over there. *chorus* Now our soldiers burn the towns up over there, over there And they relocate the people over there Now this may sound like treason, but it sure shows lack of reason To lock up groups of people over there. *chorus* Well, if you want to stop the fighting over there, over there Then you better stir up action over here Drop your congressman a line, let him know what's on your mind And the crisis will be over over there. *chorus*