Crossin Dixon - Nineteen lyrics

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[Verse 1]

Nineteen

The number on his back

Voted captain of his high school football team

He took us all the way to state

Had a scholarship to play down at Tennessee

Said he could run

He could duck

He could throw

He could go like you've never seen

Nineteen

[Verse 2]

But 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 walked right down

With a few good men

And he joined the Marines

At nineteen

[Chorus]

He's the boy next door

Might have carried your bag at the grocery store

Now he's somebody's son

In a hole with a gun

In some foreign land

Tryin' to hold on to his American Dreams

Nineteen

There's a sniper out there

In the dark somewhere

And a soldier down

We need someone

Who could run

Who could duck

To go get him out

Ain't there one good man

Who'll raise his hand

And take one for the team

How 'bout you Nineteen

[Chorus]

He's the boy next door

Might have carried your bag at the grocery store

Now he's somebody's son

In a hole with a gun

In some foreign land

Tryin' to hold on to his American Dreams

Nineteen

[Verse 3]

Brought him home today

With a 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 that rescued me

Said he could've played for Tennessee

Nineteen

He was nineteen