Nineteen

Nineteen
Number on his back Voted captain of his high school football team
Took us all the way to state got a scholarship to play down in Tennessee
He could catch he could throw he could run he could go like you never seen
Nineteen
On the day those twin towers came down his whole world turned around
He told 'em all, ""I can't play ball there's a war on now""
So he marched right in with a few good men and joined the Marines
Nineteen

He's the boy next door he might've carried your bags at the grocery store
Now he's somebody's son in a hole with a gun in some foreign land
Trying to hold on to his American dreams,
Nineteen

There's a sniper out there in the dark somewhere and a soldier down
Need someone who can duck and run and get him out somehow
Won't one good man raise his hand take one for the team
How 'bout you, nineteen?

He's the boy next door he might've carried your bags at the grocery store
Now he's somebody's son in a hole with a gun in some foreign land
Trying to hold on to his American dreams,
Nineteen

They brought him home today with a big parade down main street
he got a purple heart, a silver star, a soldier gave a speech
Said, ""He could catch he could throw he could run he's the one who rescued me
could've played for Tennessee""
number nineteen
He was only nineteen