Big & Rich - 8th of November Lyrics

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Said goodbye to his momma 
As he left South Dakota
To fight for the red white and blue 
He was 19 and green 
With a new M16 
Just doin’ what he had to do 
He was dropped in the jungle 
Where the choppers would rumble 
With the smell of napalm in the air 
Then the Sargeant said 
Look up ahead 
Like a dark evil cloud 
1200 came down 
On him and 29 more 
They fought for their lives 
But most of them died 
in the 173rd airborne 

Chorus: 
On the 8th of November 
The angels were crying 
As they carried his brothers away 
With the fire rainin’ down 
And the hell all around 
There were few men left standin’ that day 
Saw the eagle fly 
Through a clear blue sky 1965 
The 8th of November 

Now he’s 58 
And his ponytail’s grey 
But the battle still plays in his head 
He limps when he walks 
But he’s strong when he talks 
About the shrapnel they left in his leg 
He puts on a grey suit 
over his airborne tattoo 
And he ties it on one time a year 
And remembers the fallen 
As he orders a tall one 
Swallows it down with his tears 

On the 8th of November 
The angels were crying 
As they carried his brothers away 
With the fire rainin’ down 
And the hell all around 
There were few men left standin’ that day 
Saw the eagle fly 
Through a clear blue sky 1965 
The 8th of November

Saw the eagle fly 
Through a clear blue sky 1965 
65 

On the 8th of November 
The angels were crying 
As they carried his brothers away 
With the fire rainin’ down 
And the hell all around 
There were few men left standin’ that day 

On the 8th of November 
The angels were crying 
As they carried his brothers away 
With the fire rainin’ down 
And the hell all around 
There were few men left standin’ that day 
Saw the eagle fly 
Through a clear blue sky 1965 
The 8th of November 

The 8th of November (8th of November) 

Said goodbye to his momma 
As he left South Dakota
To fight for the red white and blue 
He was 19 and green 
With a new M16 
Just doin’ what he had to do

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lyrics submitted on 18-11-2005
lyrics corrected on 18-11-2005