I just heard this song Saturday night for the first time, and felt it would be appropriate to post some lyrics. I was going to post the video, but I have the hardest friggin time trying to post youtube videos on WordPress. Yeah sure, I’ve posted them before, but it never seems to work the same way twice for me. Oh well, I’ll figure it out eventually. Now on to the song lyrics.
He 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 M-16
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”And like a dark, evil cloud
1,200 came down
on him and 29 more
They fought for their lives
But most of them died
In the 173rd AirborneOn the 8th of November,
The angels were cryin’
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 hes 58
And his ponytails grey
But the battle still plays in his head
He limps when he walks,
But hes strong when he talks
About the shrapnel they left in leg
He puts on a grey suit
Over his airborne tattoo
He ties it on one time a year
And remembers the fallen,
As he orders a tall one
And swallows it down with his tears
On the 8th of November,
The angels were cryin’
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
On the 8th of November,
The angels were cryin’
As they carried his brothers away
With the fire rainin’ down
And the Hell all around
There were few men left standin’ that day
The 8th of November
The 8th of November
