8th of November-Ameritz Tribute Club

[ti:8th of November] [ar:Ameritz Tribute Club] [al:A Tribute to Big & Rich] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.58]8th of November - Ameritz Tribute Club (Ameritz翻唱俱乐部) [00:02.00]Written by：Kenny Alphin/John Rich [00:03.36] [00:16.52]Said goodbye to his momma as he left South Dakota [00:20.90]To fight for the red white and blue [00:24.34] [00:24.87]He was 19 and green with a new M-16 [00:29.11]Just doing what he had to do [00:32.69] [00:33.52]He was dropped in the jungle where the choppers would rumble [00:37.74]With the smell of napalm in the air [00:41.03] [00:42.14]And the sergeant said look up ahead [00:50.25]Like a dark evil cloud 1,200 came down [00:54.66]On him and 29 more [00:58.03] [00:59.01]They fought for their lives [01:00.90]But most of them died in the 173rd Airborne [01:07.12]On the 8th of November the angels were crying [01:11.13]As they carried his brothers away [01:15.39]With the fire raining down and the hell all around [01:19.90]There were few men left standing that day [01:23.46]Saw the eagle fly through a clear blue sky [01:28.36]1965 the 8th of November [01:35.31] [01:41.15]Now he's 58 and his pony tail's gray [01:45.35]But the battle still plays in his head [01:48.53] [01:49.35]He limps when he walks but he's strong when he talks [01:53.70]About the Shrapnel they left in his leg [01:57.13] [01:57.67]He puts on a gray suit over his Airborne tattoo [02:02.10]And he ties it on one time a year [02:05.26] [02:06.32]And remembers the fallen as he orders a tall one [02:10.51]And swallows it down with his tears [02:14.30]On the 8th of November the angels were crying [02:18.63]As they carried his brothers away [02:22.72]With the fire raining down and the hell all around [02:27.28]There were few men left standing that day [02:30.88]Saw the eagle fly through a clear blue sky [02:35.86]1965 on the 8th of November [02:46.51] [02:56.69]Saw the eagle fly through a clear blue sky [03:01.28]1965 [03:04.99] [03:07.18]On the 8th of November the angels were crying [03:11.24]As they carried his brothers away [03:14.90] [03:15.57]With the fire raining down and the hell all around [03:19.73]There were few men left standing that day [03:23.78]On the 8th of November the angels were crying [03:28.20]As they carried his brothers away [03:32.28]With the fire raining down and the hell all around [03:36.66]There were few men left standing that day [03:40.29]Saw the eagle fly through a clear blue sky [03:45.36]1965 the 8th of November [03:53.73] [03:59.32]The 8th of November [04:01.47]The 8th of November [04:04.57] [04:08.10]Said goodbye to his momma as he left South Dakota [04:12.65]To fight for the red white and blue [04:16.25]He was nineteen and green with a new M-16 [04:21.09]Just doing what he had to do