Nineteen
The number on his back
Wore the captain of the high school football team

Took us all the way to state
Got a scholarship to play down in tennessee

He could catch he could throw
He could run he could go like you've never seen

Nineteen
But on the day those twin towers came down
His whole world turned around
He told them all I can't play ball there's a war on now
He marched right in with a few good men and joined the marines

At nineteen

He's a boy next door
He might of carried your bags at the grocery store
Now he's somebody's son in a hole with a gun in a foreign land
Trying to hold on to his american dream

At nineteen

There's a sniper out there in the dark somewhere
And a soldier is down
Need someone who can duck and run
And get him out somehow
What one good man will raise his hand
And take one for the team
How bout you nineteen?

He's a boy next door
He might of carried your bags at the grocery store
Now he's somebody's son in a hole with a gun in a foreign land
Trying to hold on to his american dream

Nineteen
Nineteen

Brought him home today with a big parade down on main street
Gotta purple heart and a silver star solder gave a speech
Said he could catch he could throw he could run
He's the one that rescued me

...Could have played for tennessee