It is three years later. Saigon has been renamed Ho Chi Minh City. A street pageant is

celebrating the glorious victory of North Vietnam and the Third Anniversary of

Reunification.)



FIRST GROUP

on silent feet it came

breathing a sheet of flame, it came

closing in on its rightful prey

burning a hundred years away



the morning of the dragon truth lit up the street

the tiger we were stalking walked on paper feet

and in the clear white heat of dawn

was gone



FIRST GROUP

from every door they came

these children born of war, they came

sharing a secret word, which they

waited a hundred years to say



SECOND GROUP

victory

victory

victory



FIRST GROUP

the morning of the dragon truth lit up the street

the tiger we were stalking walked on paper feet

and in the clear white heat of dawn

it's gone



SECOND GROUP

the morning of the dragon all the walls fell down

brother greeted brother in a sudden light

and in the endless night

was gone



FIRST GROUP

on silent feet it came

breathing a sheet of flame, it came

closing in on its rightful prey

burning a hundred years away



SECOND GROUP

victory

victory

victory



THIRD GROUP

may all our children learn

the tide of night will turn



FIRST GROUP

the morning of the dragon truth lit up the street

the tiger we were stalking walked on paper feet

and in the clear white heat of dawn

was gone