Oh my name is Penny Evans and my age is twenty-onenA young widow in the war that's being fought in Viet NamnAnd I have two infant daughters and I do the best I cannNow they say the war is over, but I think it's just begun.nnAnd I remember I was seventeen on the day I met young BillnAt his father's grand piano, we'd play good old 'Heart and Soul'nWell, I only knew the left hand part and he the right so wellnHe's the only boy I ever slept with and the only one I will.nnIt's first we had a baby girl and we had two good yearsnIt was next the 1A notice came and we parted without tearsnIt was nine months from our last good night our second babe appearsnSo it's ten months and a telegram confirming all our fears.nnAnd now every month I get a check from an Army bureaucratnAnd it's every month I tear it up and I mail the damn thing back.nDo you think that makes it all right, do you think I'd fall for that ?nAnd you can keep your bloody money, it sure won't bring my Billy back.nnI never cared for politics, and speeches I don't understand,nAnd likewise never took no charity from any living mannBut tonight there's fifty thousand gone in that unhappy landnAnd fifty thousand 'Heart and Soul's' being played with just one hand.nnAnd my name is Penny Evans and I've just gone twenty-onenA young widow in the war that's being fought in Viet NamnAnd I have two infant daughters and I thank God I have no sonsnNow they say the war is over, but I think it's just begun.