Where Have All the Flowers Gone

The Vietnam War came immediately into my mind And how sad it was, because so many young men died They were innocent, many between eighteen and twenty The rest of us lost our innocence too as they were returned in flag-draped coffins. I was a teenager when I became aware of the Vietnam War My boyfriend had to sign up for the draft; there was no choice Unless you had a congressman or a senator in your family. It was a sad time. Folk music was slow and dreamy. We were talking about flower power, wearing bell bottoms. The hippies developed as a protest against the establishment. We were singing folk songs that reflected our sadness. Where have all the flowers gone to me represented our innocence. We were never innocent again after the Viet Nam War.