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Black Wall Lyrics by Dennis DeYoung

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[Verse 1]
I was lucky you know
I wasn't there
And I didn't have to go and face my fear
But still this hidden pain
Comes up from the belly of the beast
And even ten years past
We're haunted now from both sides of the truth
And the ghosts of Dien Bien Phu
Dien Bien Phu
[Verse 2]
This war keeps hanging on
As if it were today
'Cause many a good men died
On the road from Tet to Hue
They won any battle they fought
But the one that raged at home
And now the only words that count
Are the names carved out in stone
As tears fall onto stone
[Chorus]
Black Wall, Black Wall
(My God)
Black Wall, Black Wall
Oh, oh, whoa whoa
1, 2, 3, 4
[Chorus]
Black Wall, Black Wall
Black Wall, Black Wall
Oh, oh, whoa whoa
[Verse 3]
Sound the bugle boy
For a twenty-one gun salute
Call for the ticker tape
And assemble all the troops
Not a word about dominoes
Or the horrors of napalm
Let Johnny come marching home
And greet him with a prayer and a psalm
For the boys of Vietnam
The boys of Vietnam
Oh, oh
Let him, let him
Let Johnny come back to the world
[Outro]
Back to the world
Back to the world
Back to the world
Credits
Dennis DeYoung

Dennis DeYoung

About “Black Wall” by Dennis DeYoung

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"Black Wall" appears on "The Ultimate Collection".

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