Nineteen 

The number on his back wore the captain of the 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've never seen 



Nineteen 

But on the day those twin towers came down his whole world turned around 

He told them all I can't play ball there's a war on now 

He marched right in with a few good men and joined the marines 



At nineteen 



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He's a boy next door 

He might of carried your bags at the grocery store 

Now he's somebody's son in a hole with a gun in a foreign land 

Trying to hold on to his American dream 



At nineteen 



There's a sniper out there in the dark somewhere and a soldier is down 

Need someone who can duck and run and get him out somehow 

What one good man will raise his hand and take one for the team 

How bout you nineteen? 



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He's a boy next door 

He might of carried your bags at the grocery store 

Now he's somebody's son in a hole with a gun in a foreign land 

Trying to hold on to his American dream 



Nineteen 

Nineteen 



Brought him home today with a big parade down on main street 

Gotta Purple Heart and a Silver Star solder gave a speech 

Said he could catch he could throw he could run he's the one that rescued me 



...could have played for Tennessee 

He was nineteen 

He was only nineteen