Tell me about this strange name that's hard to pronounce
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that I've carried since I was born
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Tell me about the old empire and the slant of my almond eyes
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that say better than I do what you don't dare say
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All I know of you are images of the war
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a Coppola movie, angry helicopters
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One day, say hello to your soul
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say hello to you, Vietnam
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my hair and my little feet
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that have carried me since I was born
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Tell me about your house, your street
tell me about this unknown
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the floating markets and wooden sampans
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All I know of my country are photos of the war
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a Coppola movie, angry helicopters
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one day, say hello to my soul
say hello to you, Vietnam
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the temples and stone Buddhas for my fathers
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the women bent over in the rice fields for my mothers
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in prayer, in the light, see my brothers again
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touch my tree, my roots, my land
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one day, say hello to my soul
say hello to you, Vietnam
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say hello to you, Vietnam