Nineteen

Nineteen
 Number on his back
 Voted captain of his high school football team
 Took us all the way to State
 Got a scholarship to play down in Tennessee
 Said he could run, he could duck
 He could throw, he could go
 Like you never seen
 Nineteen
 On the day those twin towers came down
 His whole world turned around
 He told 'em all, "Y'all, I can't play ball
 There's a war on now"
 So he marched right in with a few good men
 And joined the Marines
 Nineteen
 He's the boy next door
 He might've carried your bags at the grocery store
 Now he's somebody's son in a hole with a gun
 In some foreign land
 Trying to hold on to his American Dreams, nineteen
 There's a sniper out there in the dark somewhere
 And a soldier down
 Need someone who can run, who can duck
 And go get him out
 It takes one good man to raise his hand
 Take one for the team
 How 'bout you, nineteen?
 He's the boy next door
 He might've carried your bags at the grocery store
 Now he's somebody's son in a hole with a gun
 In some foreign land
 Trying to hold on to his American Dreams
 Nineteen
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 Brought him home today
 With the big parade down on main street
 Gave him a purple heart, a silver star
 Soldier gave a speech
 Said, "He could run, he could duck, he could throw
 He's the one who rescued me"
 Said, "He could've played for Tennessee"
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 Um, number nineteen
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 He was nineteen