[Intro]       / [Verse 1] I can’t write left handed       Would you please write a letter write a letter to my mother       / Tell her to tell tell her to tell tell her to tell the family lawyer       / Try to get try to get a deferment for my younger brother       / [Pre-Chorus] Tell the Reverend Harris to pray for me lord       / I ain’t gonna live I don’t believe I’m going to live to get much older       / [Chorus]    Strange little man over here in Vietnam I ain’t never seen Bless his heart I ain’t never done nothin’ to he done shot me in my shoulder [Interlude]       / [Verse 2] Boot camp we had classes                / You know we talked about fightin’ fightin’ everyday       / And lookin’ through rosy rosy colored glasses       / I must admit it seemed exciting          anyway       / But something that day      overlooked to tell me       /    Bullet look better      I must say       / Rather when they         comin’ at you.       /   But go without  the other way       / [Pre-Chorus] And please call up the Reverend call up call up the Reverend Harris       / And tell him to ask the lord to do some good things       for me       / Tell him I ain’t gonna live I ain’t gonna live I ain’t gonna live to get much older       /       / [Chorus]    Strange little man over here in Vietnam I ain’t never seen Bless his heart I ain’t never done nothin’ to he done shot me in my shoulder [Outro]       /