What does Still in Saigon mean?

Charlie Daniels: Still in Saigon Meaning

Album cover for Still in Saigon album cover

Song Released: 1982


Still in Saigon Lyrics

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

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  1. anonymous
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    Jun 7th 2012 !⃝

    The song is about the vietnam war and how terrible it was. (saigon was part of south vietnam) It tells us about the difficulties that soldiers may go through when they come back home,such as being called killers and suffering PTSD.


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