Kiss me goodbye and write me while I'm gone Goodbye, my sweetheart, hello, Vietnam America has heard the bugle call And you know it involves us one and all I don't suppose that war will ever end There's fighting that will break us up again Goodbye, my darling, hello, Vietnam A hill to take, a battle to be won Kiss me goodbye and write me while I'm gone Goodbye, my sweetheart, hello, Vietnam A ship is waiting for us at the dock America has trouble to be stopped We must stop communism in that land Or freedom will start slipping through our hands I hope and pray someday the world will learn That fires we don't put out will bigger burn We must save freedom now at any cost Or someday our own freedom will be lost Kiss me goodbye and write me while I'm gone Goodbye, my sweetheart, hello, Vietnam