Oh, my name is Penny Evans,
and my age is twenty -one.
A young widow in the war
that's being fought in Vietnam.
And I have two in fant daughters,
and I do the be st I can.
Now they say the war is over,
but I think it's just begun
And I remember I was seventeen
on the day I met young Bill
At his father's grand piano
we'd play good old heart and soul
And I only knew the left -hand part,
and he the right so well
He's the only boy I slept with,
and the only one I will
It's first we had a baby girl,
and we had two good years
And it was next the 1 -A notice came,
and we parted without tears
And it was nine months from
our last good night,
our second babe appears
And so it's ten months an
d a telegram
confirming all our fears
And now every month
I get a check from
an army bureaucrat
And it's every month I tear it up
and I mail the damn thing back
Do you think that makes it alright?
Do you think I'd fall for that?
And you can keep your
bloody money
Sure won't bring my Billy back
I never cared for politics
And speeches I don't understand
An d likewise never took
no charity
From any living man
But tonight, there's 50 ,000 gone
in that unhappy land
And 50 ,000 heart and souls
being played with just one hand
And my name is Penny Evans,
and I've just gone 21
A young widow in the war
that's being fought in Vietnam
And I have two infant daughters
And I thank God I have no sons
Now they say the war is over
But I think it's just begun