Nineteen Lyrics - I'm American - Billy Ray Cyrus

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 

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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 

Photos 

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" 

Um, number nineteen 

He was nineteen