Big & Rich - 8th of November

[00:00.00]时代音乐网 www.78497.com  [00:00.06]hello I'm [00:00.30]Kris kristofferson [00:00.81]On November 8th 1965 the 173rd [00:01.29]Airborne brigade on [00:01.77]Operation [00:02.04]Hump war zone [00:02.40]D in vietnam were ambushed by over 1200 [00:03.21]V c forty eight [00:03.60]American soldiers lost their lives that day [00:04.56]Severely wounded and riskin' his own life [00:05.52]Lawrence joll a medic [00:05.97]Was the first livin' black man since the [00:06.84]Spanish american [00:07.32]Warto receive the [00:07.62]United states [00:08.03]Medal of honor [00:08.40]For savin' so many lives in the midst of battle that day [00:09.63]Our friend [00:09.90]Nialls harris retired 25 years [00:10.47]United states [00:10.89]Armythe guy who gave [00:11.19]Big kenny his top hat [00:11.73]Was one of the wounded who lived [00:14.61]This song is his story [00:15.78]Caught in the action of 'kill or be killed'greater love hath no man than to lay down his life for a friend [00:18.75]Said goodbye to his momma as he left [00:21.99]South dakota [00:23.40]To fight for the [00:24.66]Red white and [00:27.27]Bluehe was nineteen and green with a new [00:31.86]M 16just doin' what he had to do [00:35.79]He was dropped in the jungle [00:38.40]Where the choppers would rumble [00:40.65]With the smell of napalm in the air [00:44.91]Then the sergeant said look up ahead [00:53.46]Like a dark evil cloud 1200 came down [00:57.99]On him and 29 more [01:01.98]They fought for their lives but most of them died [01:06.96]In the 173rd [01:10.23]Airborneon the 8th of [01:11.43]November the angels were cryin' [01:14.76]As they carried his brothers away [01:18.99]With the fire rainin' down and the hell all around [01:23.31]There were few men left standin' that day [01:27.45]Saw the eagle fly through a clear blue sky1965 the 8th of [01:45.36]Novembernow he's 58 and his pony tail's gray [01:49.68]But the battle still plays in his head [01:53.79]He limps when he walks but he's strong when he talks' [01:58.26]Bout the shrapnel they left in his leg [02:02.31]He puts on a gray suit over his [02:05.19]Airborne tattoo [02:06.93]And he ties it on one time a year [02:10.91]And remembers that fallen as he orders a tall one [02:15.81]And swallows it down with his tears [02:19.56]On the 8th of [02:20.76]November the angels were cryin' [02:24.15]As they carried his brothers away [02:28.32]With the fire rainin' down and the hell all around [02:32.70]There were few men left standin' that day [02:36.84]Saw the eagle fly through a clear blue sky1965 the 8th of [02:42.36]Novembersaw the eagle fly through a clear blue sky1965 [02:48.36]1965 [02:48.45]On the 8th of [02:49.62]November the angels were cryin' [02:53.16]As they carried his brothers away [02:57.48]With the fire rainin' down and the hell all around [03:01.98]There were few men left standin' that day [03:06.42]On the 8th of [03:07.74]November the angels were cryin' [03:11.19]As they carried his brothers away [03:15.36]With the fire rainin' down and the hell all around [03:19.92]There were few men left standin' that day [03:24.09]Saw the eagle fly through a clear blue sky1965 the 8th of [03:31.32]November8th of [03:35.79]November [03:43.98]8th of November [03:53.13]Said goodbye to his [03:55.02]Momma as he left [03:56.76]South dakota [03:58.44]To fight for the [03:59.55]Red white and [04:02.28]Bluehe was nineteen and green with a new [04:06.60]M 16just doin' what he had to do