Bruce Springsteen - Galveston Bay - Sözleri

For fifteen years Le Bin Son 

Fought side by side with the Americans 

In the mountains and deltas of Vietnam 

In '75 Saigon fell and he left his command 

And brought his family to the promised land 



Seabrook, Texas and the small towns in the Gulf of Mexico 

It was delta country and reminded him of home 

He worked as a machinist, put his money away 

And bought a shrimp boat with his cousin 

And together they harvested Galveston Bay 



In the mornin' 'fore the sun come up 

He'd kiss his sleepin' daughter 

Steer out through the channel 

And cast his nets into the water 



Billy Sutter fought with Charlie Company 

In the highlands of Quang Tri 

He was wounded in the battle of Chu Lai 

Shipped home in '68 



There he married and worked the gulf fishing grounds 

In a boat that'd been his father's 

In the morning he'd kiss his sleeping son 

And cast his nets into the water 



Billy sat in front of his TV as the South fell 

And the communists rolled into Saigon 

He and his friends watched as the refugees came 

Settled on the same streets and worked the coast they'd grew up on 

Soon in the bars around the harbor was talk 

Of America for Americans 

Someone said "You want 'em out, you got to burn 'em out." 

And brought in the Texas Klan 



One humid Texas night there were three shadows on the harbor 

Come to burn the Vietnamese boats into the sea 

In the fire's light shots rang out 

Two Texans lay dead on the ground 

Le stood with a pistol in his hand 



A jury acquitted him in self-defense 

As before the judge he did stand 

But as Le walked down the courthouse steps 

Billy said "My friend you're a dead man." 



One late summer night Le stood watch along the waterside 

Billy stood in the shadows 

His K-bar knife in his hand 

And the moon slipped behind the clouds 

Le lit a cigarette, the bay was still as glass 

As he walked by Billy stuck his knife into his pocket 

Took a breath and let him pass 



In the early darkness Billy rose up 

Went into the kitchen for a drink of water 

Kissed his sleeping wife 

Headed into the channel 

And cast his nets into the water 

Of Galveston Bay










		
			



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