Vietnam

I wanted to fight

so I went to war

I thought it was right

to fight for my country

but then I saw the torture

I saw the misery the pain and the death

and I was wounded now I'm paralyzed

all this has changed my point of view

I shot enemys now I know they were humans

I shot civilists now I know I'm a murderer

I had time to think now I want to tell

those young men who want to be soldiers

who want to fight in a war for their country

that I've seen it that I'm a victim of war

and that I don't want them to do

the same mistake



now I hate wars



every time I close my eyes

I can hear the screams

I can see the dead and the fire

I don't want them to see the things I saw

I want to tell them

they needn't to be soldiers to be men

and I've learned that love and forgiveness

is better than hate and war



now I hate wars



but now those people who sent me

to their war forbid me to speak

about the things I saw

about the love about the pleasure

about the youth I lost

in a war

and I don't want them to do the same mistake

now I hate wars