Another one for our Vets

[BabyRider]

The name of this song is:



"The Eighth of November"

Said goodbye to his momma as he left South Dakota

To fight for the red, white, and blue

He was nineteen and green with a new M-16 just doing what he had to do

He was dropped in the jungle where the choppers would rumble

With the smell of napalm in the air

And the sergeant said...look up ahead

Like a dark evil cloud, 1200 came down on him and 29 more

They fought for their lives but most of them died in the 173rd Airborne

Chorus: On the 8th of November the angels were crying as they carried his brothers away. With the fire raining down and the hell all around there were few men left standing that day. Saw the eagle fly through a clear blue sky 1965, the eighth of November.

Now he's 58 and his pony tail's gray

But the battle still plays in his head

He limps when he walks, but he's strong when he talks about the shrapnel they left in his leg

He puts on a gray suit over his Airborne tattoo

And 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

Chorus: On the eighth of November the angels were crying as they carried his brothers away. With the fire raining down and the hell all around there were few men left standing that day. Saw the eagle fly through a clear blue sky, 1965, the eighth of November.

Saw the eagle fly through a clear blue sky, 1965

On the eighth of November the angels were crying as they carried his brothers away

With the fire raining down and the hell all around there were few men left standing that day

Chorus: On the eighth of November the angels were crying as they carried his brothers away. With the fire raining down and the hell all around there were few men left standing that day. Saw the eagle fly through a clear blue sky, 1965, the eighth of November.

Said goodbye to his momma as he left South Dakota

To fight for the red, white, and blue

He was nineteen and green with a new M-16

Just doing what he had to do