Side by side we fought an died

One by one we came home to hide

Side by side for twelve or thirteen months
They didn't call us soldiers, they called us grunts

Side by side, and day by day
Our squad leaders trying to show us the way

Side by side, black, brown, red and white
Risking our lives in a firefight

Side by side, mostly young men
Fighting a war we thought we could win

Side by side, in jungles and mountains
The rivers and streams became our drinking fountains

Side by side, in rice paddies and plateaus
In a far away country that we didn't know

Side by side we went to war
To stop the communists on a foreign shore

Side by side, trying to keep buddies alive
Everyday and every night it took all our training to survive

Side by side we laughed and cried
So many being wounded, so many that died

Side by side we fought for our flag
So many of our friends in a body bag

Side by side we fought for what was right
Coming home to America was such a fright

Side by side we are forever more
Never to be forgotten by the Vietnam War