Nineteen

[Verse 1] 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 Said he could run, he could duck He could throw, he could go Like you never seen Nineteen On the day those twin towers came down His whole world turned around He told them all, "You 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 [Chorus] He's the boy next door He might have 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 [Verse 2] There's a sniper out there in the dark somewhere And a soldier down Need someone who can run, who can duck And go get him out It takes one good man to raise his hand Take one for the team How about you, nineteen? [Chorus] [Verse 3] Brought him home today With the big parade down on main street Gave him a purple heart, a silver star Soldier gave a speech Said, "He could run, he could duck, he could throw He's the one who rescued me" Said, "He could have played for Tennessee" [Outro] Um, number nineteen He was nineteen