TFT: Big & Rich

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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.

8^th of November

Big & Rich

Hello, I’m Kris Kristofferson.  On November 8, 1965, the 173^rd 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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