raise your bottle

there's a memory that rings clear as a bell

i was bouncin like a bull rider on his knee

i sure miss those old stories that he'd tell

from a hobo on a freight train

to a sailor out at sea

my granny says that i've got his smile

he's the reason i take pride in my last name

no he never made the headlines

nobody sings his song

so for every unsung hero i'm singin this today

so raise your bottle to the boys and let's remember

all the fallen and the price they had to pay

hold 'em up high and salute all the ones that made it back

and for the ones away from home

don't forget to pray

grandpa would sing you every hank williams song

but it's amazing grace that brought him back around

he'd shead a tear talkin about the day

that german gunner shot his best friend down

my daddy fought a war some say in vain

he came home in a wheel chair

he walks with a kane

seems like every generation has to pay the cost

i think about my family and the good friends that we've lost

from normandy to korea

to khe sanh vietnam

heartaches streach from coast to coast

from bunker hill to fallujah

gettysburg to japan

everyone who's ever served or lost someone let's make a toast