8th Of November Lyrics - Comin' To Your City - Big & Rich

{Hello, I'm Kris Kristofferson 

On November 8th, 1965, the 173rd Airborne Brigade on Operation Hump War Zone D in Vietnam were ambushed by over 1200 V.C. 

Forty-eight American soldiers lost their lives that day} 

{Severely wounded and riskin' his own life, Lawrence Joll, a medic 

Was the first livin' black man since the Spanish-American War 

To receive the United States Medal of Honor 

For savin' so many lives in the midst of battle that day} 

{Our friend, Nialls Harris, retired 25 years, United States Army 

The guy who gave Big Kenny his top hat 

Was one of the wounded who lived 

This song is his story} 

{Caught in the action of 'kill or be killed' 

"Greater love hath no man than to lay down his life for a friend"} 

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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 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, 1200 came down 

On him and 29 more 

They fought for their lives but most of them died 

In the 173rd Airborne 

On the 8th 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 

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Saw the eagle fly through a clear blue sky 

1965, the 8th 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 

'Bout 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 that fallen as he orders a tall one 

And swallows it down with his tears 

On the 8th 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 

1965, the 8th of November 

Saw the eagle fly through a clear blue sky 

1965 

(1965) 

On the 8th 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 8th 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 

1965, the 8th of November 

8th of November 

(8th 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 doin' what he had to do