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8th Of November (Radio Edit) - Big & Rich

Said goodbye to his momma

As he left South Dakota

To fight for the Red White and Blue

He was nineteen 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 sergeant said "Look up ahead"

Like a dark evil cloud 1200 came down

On him and 29 more

They fought for their lives

But most of them died

In the 173rd Airborne

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

Now he's 58 and his pony tail's gray

But the battle still plays in his head

He limps when he walks

But he's strong when he talks

'Bout the shrapnel they left in his leg

He puts on a gray suit

Over his Airborne tattoo

And he ties it on one time a year

And remembers that 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

8th of November

(8th of November)

Said goodbye to his Momma

As he left South Dakota

To fight for the Red White and Blue

He was nineteen and green with a new M-16

Just doin' what he had to do