8th Of November-Big & Rich

[ti:8th Of November] [ar:Big & Rich] [al:Comin' To Your City (Revised)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]8th Of November - Big & Rich [00:16.86]Said goodbye to his mamma [00:18.94]As he left South Dakota [00:20.74] [00:21.31]To fight for the Red White and Blue [00:24.07] [00:25.02]He was nineteen and green with a new M-16 [00:29.52]Just doing what he had to do [00:32.63] [00:33.39]He was dropped in the jungle [00:35.53]Where the choppers would rumble [00:37.52]With the smell of napalm in the air [00:40.86] [00:41.86]And the sergeant said "Look up ahead" [00:49.97] [00:50.60]Like a dark evil cloud [00:52.75]1 200 came down [00:54.83]On him and 29 more [00:58.50] [00:59.13]They fought for their lives [01:01.39]But most of them died [01:03.74]In the 173rd Airborne [01:07.22]On the 8th of November [01:09.93]The angels were crying [01:11.68]As they carried his brothers away [01:14.63] [01:15.55]With the fire raining down [01:18.00]And the Hell all around [01:20.08]There were few men left standing that day [01:23.21] [01:24.08]Saw the eagle fly [01:26.15] [01:26.81]Through a clear blue sky [01:28.99]1965 the 8th of November [01:35.67] [01:41.75]Now he's fifty-eight [01:42.93] [01:43.62]And his ponytail's grey [01:45.83]But the battle still plays in his head [01:48.81] [01:49.93]He limps when he walks [01:51.84]But he's strong when he talks [01:54.15]About the shrapnel they left in his leg [01:57.39] [01:58.09]He puts on a grey suit [02:00.22]Over his Airborne tattoo [02:02.56]And He ties it on one time a year [02:05.76] [02:06.75]And remembers the fallen [02:08.99]As he orders a tall one [02:11.31]And swallows it down with his tears [02:15.05]On the 8th of November [02:17.35]The angels were crying [02:19.51]As they carried his brothers away [02:22.90] [02:23.46]With the fire raining down [02:25.65]And the Hell all around [02:27.59]There were few men left standing that day [02:31.18] [02:31.87]Saw the eagle fly [02:34.25]Through a clear blue sky [02:36.62]1965 the 8th of November [02:47.36] [02:57.36]Saw the eagle fly [02:59.28] [02:59.79]Through a clear blue sky [03:02.06]1965 [03:05.32] [03:08.01]On the 8th of November [03:10.55]The angels were crying [03:12.47]As they carried his brothers away [03:15.61] [03:16.71]With the fire raining down [03:18.79]And the Hell all around [03:20.84]There were few men left standing that day [03:23.90] [03:24.55]On the 8th of November [03:27.40]The angels were crying [03:29.40]As they carried his brothers away [03:32.58] [03:33.30]With the fire raining down [03:35.48]And the Hell all around [03:37.61]There were few men left standing that day [03:41.10] [03:41.76]Saw the eagle fly [03:44.16]Through a clear blue sky [03:46.52]1965 the 8th of November [03:55.46] [04:00.66]The 8th of November [04:03.05]The 8th of November [04:05.23] [04:09.43]He said goodbye to his mamma [04:11.86]As he left South Dakota [04:14.12]To fight for the Red White and Blue [04:17.04] [04:17.93]He was nineteen and green with a new M-16 [04:22.43]Just doing what he had to do