Nineteen Lyrics - The Distance - Taylor Hicks

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