Raise Your Bottle

Intro: verse 1 There's a memory that rings clear as a bell I was bouncing 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 singing this today So raise your bottle to the boys and let's remember All the fallen and the price they had to pay Hold them up high and salute all the ones that made it back And for the ones away from home, don't forget to pray verse 2 Grandpa could sing you every Hank Williams song But it's Amazing Grace that brought him back around He'd shed a tear talking 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, and he walks with a cane Seems like every generation has to pay the cost I think about my family And the good friends that we've lost So raise your bottle to the boys and let's remember All the fallen and the price they had to pay Hold them up high and salute all the ones that made it back And for the ones away from home, don't forget to pray Bridge 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 So raise your bottle to the boys and let's remember All the fallen and the price they had to pay Hold them up high and salute all the ones that made it back And for the ones away from home, don't forget to pray Outro