SAID GOODBYE
TO HIS MAMA
AS HE LEFT
SOUTH DAKOTA
TO FIGHT FOR
THE RED WHITE
AND BLUE
HE WAS NINETEEN
AND GREEN
WITH A NEW M16
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
TWELVE-HUNDRED
CAME DOWN
ON HIM AND
TWENTY-NINE MORE
THEY FOUGHT FOR
THEIR LIVES
BUT MOST OF THEM DIED
IN THE ONE-SEVENTY-THIRD
AIRBORNE
ON THE EIGHTH 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
NINETEEN-SIXTY-FIVE
THE EIGHTH OF
NOVEMBER
6 BAR
BREAK
NOW HES FIFTY-EIGHT
AND HIS PONYTAIL'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
AS HE TIES IT ON
ONE TIME A YEAR
AND REMEMBERS
THE FALLEN
AS HE ORDERS
A TALL ONE
AND SWALLOWS IT
DOWN WITH HIS TEARS
ON THE EIGHTH 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
NINETEEN-SIXTY-FIVE
THE EIGHTH OF
NOVEMBER
10 BAR
INSTRUMENTAL
BREAK
SAW THE EAGLE FLY
THROUGH A CLEAR
BLUE SKY
NINETEEN-SIXTY-FIVE
ON THE EIGHTH 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
ON THE EIGHTH 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
NINETEEN-SIXTY-FIVE
THE EIGHTH OF
NOVEMBER
4 BAR
BREAK
THE EIGHTH OF
NOVEMBER
4 BAR
BREAK
SAID GOODBYE
TO HIS MAMA
AS HE LEFT
SOUTH DAKOTA
TO FIGHT FOR
THE RED WHITE
AND BLUE
HE WAS NINETEEN
AND GREEN
WITH A NEW M16
JUST DOIN'
WHAT HE HAD TO DO