Got on a plane in 'Frisco   And got off in Vietnam   I walked into a different world   The past forever gone      I could have gone to Canada   Or I could have stayed in school   But I was brought up differently   I couldn't break the rules      Thirteen months and fifteen days   The last ones were the worst   One minute I'd kneel down and pray   And the next I'd stand and curse      No place to run to   Where I did not feel that war   When I got home I stayed alone   And checked behind each door      Cuz I'm still in Saigon   Still in Saigon   I am still in Saigon   In my mind      The ground at home was covered in snow   And I was covered in sweat   My younger brother calls me a killer   And my daddy calls me a vet      Everybody says I'm someone else   And I'm sick and there's no cure   Damned if I know who I am   There was only one place I was sure      When i was still in Saigon   Still in saigon   I am still in saigon   In my mind      Every summer when it rains   I smell the jungle, I hear the planes   I can't tell no one, I feel ashamed   Afraid some day I'll go insane      That's been ten long years ago   And time has gone on by   Now and then I catch myself   Eyes searching through the sky      All the sounds of long ago   Will be forever in my head   Mingled with the wounded cries   And the silence of the dead      'Cuz I'm still in Saigon   Still in Saigon   I am still in Saigon   In my mind      I am still in Saigon   I am still in Saigon   Yes, I'm still in Saigon   In my mind