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Nineteen, the number on his back |
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Voted captain of the high school football team |
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Took us all the way to state |
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Got a scholarship to play down in |
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TennesseeHe could catch, he could throw, he could run |
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He could go like you've never seen |
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Nineteen but on the day those twin towers came down |
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His whole world turned around |
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He told 'em all |
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I can't play ball |
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There's a war on now |
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He marched right in with a few good men |
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And joined the marines at nineteen |
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He's the boy next door |
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He might have carried your bags at the grocery store |
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He's somebody's son in a hole with a gun in a foreign land |
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Tryin' to hold on to his |
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American dream at nineteen |
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There's a sniper out there in the dark somewhere and a solider's down |
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We need someone who can duck and run and get him out some how |
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Want one good man, raise his hand and take one for the team |
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Well, how 'bout you nineteen? |
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He's the boy next door |
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He might've carried your bags at the grocery store |
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Now he's somebody's son in a hole with a gun in a foreign land |
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Tryin' to hold on to his |
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American dream, nineteen, nineteen |
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They brought him home today with a big parade |
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Down on main street |
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He got a purple heart and a silver star |
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A solider gave a speech |
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Said he could catch, he could throw |
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He could run, he's the one that rescued me |
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Could have played for |
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TennesseeHe was nineteen, he was only nineteen |
