Tuesday, July 10, 2012

TFT: Big & Rich



Not every song that will be featured here will be what is generally considered as being “Christian” in the eyes of this world.  For some will be anguished cries from the pit of despair, and others will be quite obviously fervent rants of rebellion.  Nonetheless, be assured that they will all be of our Heavenly Father (in one way or another) and I hope that you have been given ears to hear the message.



8th of November
Big & Rich
Hello, I’m Kris Kristofferson.  On November 8, 1965, the 173rd Airborne Brigade on Operation Hump, Warzone D, Vietnam, were ambushed by over 1,200 VC.  48 American soldiers lost their lives.  Severely wounded and risking his own life, Lawrence Joel, a medic, was first living black man since the Spanish-American War to receive the United States Medal of Honor for saving so many lives in the midst of battle that day.  Our friend, Niles 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 his brother.
  
Said goodbye to his momma
As he left South Dakota
To fight for the red white and blue
He was 19 and green
With a new M-16
Just doing what he had to do
He was dropped in the jungle
Where the choppers would rumble
With the smell of napalm in the air
And the sergeant said
Look up ahead
Like a dark evil cloud
1,200 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 crying
As they carried his brothers away
With the fire raining down
And the hell all around
There were few men left standing that day
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
About 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 the fallen
As he orders a tall one
And swallows it down with his tears

On the 8th of November
The angels were crying
As they carried his brothers away
With the fire raining down
And the hell all around
There were few men left standing 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
1965
On the 8th of November
The angels were crying
As they carried his brothers away
With the fire raining down
And the hell all around
There were few men left standing that day
On the 8th of November
The angels were crying
As they carried his brothers away
With the fire raining down
And the hell all around
There were few men left standing that day
Saw the eagle fly
Through a clear blue sky
1965
The 8th of November

The 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 doing what he had to do


That’s Why I Pray
Big & Rich
Oh oh oh oh
Oh oh
Yeah

Man on the TV's gone insane
Everybody's just laughing
People 'cross the world holding on
The earth caved in
The ocean came down crashing
My neighbor lost his house
‘Cause he can't find a job
Don't you dare pledge allegiance
Don't you dare speak of God
Speak of God
Oh
Oh
Oh
Oh

Now I'm begging for forgiveness
I wanna make a difference
Even in the smallest way
I'm only one person
But I can feel it working
I believe in better days
That's why I pray
Yeah

Some stupid video posted as a joke
Somebody's life gets ruined
Out of everything we can create
Where is the cure
To keep the sick from losing
Babies having babies
‘Cause their parents are always gone
Somehow we have forgotten
How to make a house a home
How to make a house a home
Oh
Oh
Yeah
Yeah

I'm begging for forgiveness
I wanna make a difference
Even in the smallest way
I'm only one person
But I can feel it working
I believe in better days
That's why I pray
Yeah
That's why I pray
Yeah

These demons from my past
Haunt me every night
And I just can't get through it
If I could forget them on my own
I'll let go
And just move on
But Heaven knows
I am only human

And that's why I pray
Yeah
Yeah
That's why I pray
I pray
I pray
I pray

Yes I'm begging for forgiveness
I'm begging for forgiveness
I just wanna make a difference
Just wanna make a difference
I believe
I believe
I believe
In better days
That's why I pray

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2 comments:

  1. couldn't listen now. laptop again :(

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  2. Thanks for stopping by again, my dear Ann!!! I think even Wade would enjoy these songs.

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