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
 (but you got to be wrong, don't you hear me, you got to be wrong, now pick up -)
 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
 (you better pick up baby and get with it, you hear me? looka here -)
 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
 (you're not right baby. hear this just before i go -)
 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
 (how would you feel if it was your brother over there, eh? how would you feel?)
 Lord then you're gonna ask the good lord to forgive you
 Please forgive me for my sins.