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Oh my name is Penny Evans and my age is twenty-oneA young widow in the war that's being fought in Viet NamAnd I have two infant daughters and I do the best I canNow 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 BillAt his father's grand piano, we'd play good old 'Heart and Soul'Well, I only knew the left hand part and he the right so wellHe's the only boy I ever slept with and the only one I will.It's first we had a baby girl and we had two good yearsIt was next the 1A notice came and we parted without tearsIt was nine months from our last good night our second babe appearsSo it's ten months and a telegram confirming all our fears.And now every month I get a check from an Army bureaucratAnd it's every month I tear it up and I mail the damn thing back.Do you think that makes it all right, do you think I'd fall for that ?And you can keep your bloody money, it sure won't bring my Billy back.I never cared for politics, and speeches I don't understand,And likewise never took no charity from any living manBut tonight there's fifty thousand gone in that unhappy landAnd fifty thousand 'Heart and Soul's' being played with just one hand.And my name is Penny Evans and I've just gone twenty-oneA young widow in the war that's being fought in Viet NamAnd I have two infant daughters and I thank God I have no sonsNow they say the war is over, but I think it's just begun. From Letras Mania