Taylor Hicks - Nineteen lyrics

Nineteen, the number on his back Voted 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 'em 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 the boy next door He might have carried your bags at the grocery store He's somebody's son in a hole with a gun in a foreign land Tryin' to hold on to his American dream at nineteen There's a sniper out there in the dark somewhere and a solider's down We need someone who can duck and run and get him out some how Want one good man, raise his hand and take one for the team Well, how 'bout you nineteen? He's the boy next door He might've carried your bags at the grocery store Now he's somebody's son in a hole with a gun in a foreign land Tryin' to hold on to his American dream, nineteen, nineteen They brought him home today with a big parade Down on main street He got a purple heart and a silver star A solider 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 He was nineteen, he was only nineteen