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	Mum and Dad and	Denny saw the	passing out pa	rade at Pucka	punyal, it was a	long march from ca	dets

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The	sixth battalion was the	next to tour and it was	me who drew the	card

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We did Canu	ngra, Shoal	water before we	left

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And	Townsville lined the	footpaths as we	marched down to the	quay

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This	clipping from the	paper shows us	young and strong and	clean

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And	there's me in my	slouch hat with me	SLR and	greens, God	help me	,	I was	only nine	teen

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	From Vung Tau riding	Chinooks to the	dust at Nui	Dat, I'd been	in and out of	choppers now for	months

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And we	made our tents a	home, VB and	pinups on the	lockers

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And an	Asian orange	sunset though the	scrub

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And	can you tell me	doctor why I	still can't get to	sleep

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And	night times just a	jungle dark and a	barking	M16

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And	whats this rash that	comes and goes can you	tell me what it	means, God	help me	,	I was	only nine	teen

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	A four week oper	ation when each	step could mean your	last one on two	legs; it was a	war within your	self

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But you	wouldn't let your	mates down till they	had you dusted	off

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So you	closed your eyes and	thought about something	else

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And then	someone yelled out	"contact" and the	bloke behind me	swore

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We	hooked in there for	hours then a	god almighty	roar

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And	Frankie kicked a	mine the day that	mankind kicked the	moon, God	help me	,	he was	going home in	June

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	I can still see	Frankie drinking	tinnies in the	Grand Hotel on a	thirty six hour	rec leave in Vung	Tau

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And	I can still see	Frankie lying	screaming in the	jungle

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Till the	morphine came and	killed the bloody	row

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And the	Anzac legends	didn't mention	mud and blood and	tears

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And the	stories that my	father told me	never seemed quite	real

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I	caught some pieces	in my back that I	didn't even	feel, God	help me	,	I was	only nine	teen

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And	can you tell me	doctor why I	still can't get to	sleep

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And	why the channel	seven chopper	chills me to my	feet

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And	whats this rash that	comes and goes can you	tell me what it	means, God	help me	,	I was	only nine	teen

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