Great new song...

I don’t know how many of you listen to country music, but Big and Rich have a great new song out called “8th of November”.
The song is based on the bloody experiences of the guy who gave Big Kenny his top hat: Deadwood, S.D., bartender Niles Harris.
Back in 2002, a pre-stardom Big Kenny admired the Deadwood barkeep's hat. Harris gave it to him, and Big Kenny has worn it during countless "Save a Horse" escapades since.
Because of that innocent friendship between a bar band and a barkeep, Harris told the singers what happened Nov. 8, 1965, on Hill 65 in War Zone D.
Harris, 19, was among the 173rd Airborne troops outnumbered at least 30-1. When what Harris calls "a complete war for eight hours" ended, he was seriously injured and 48 of his comrades, as well as more than 400 of the enemy, were dead.

(You can go to http://www.bigandrich.com/ or http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/big_rich/artist.jhtml to hear a clip)

He said goodbye to his momma
As he left South Dakota
To fight for the Red, White, and Blue
He was 19 in 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 sargeant said, "Look up ahead"

And 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

(Chorus)
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

Now hes 58
And his ponytails grey
But the battle still plays in his head
He limps when he walks,
But hes strong when he talks
About the shrapnel they left in leg

He puts on a grey suit
Over his airborne tattoo
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

(Chorus)
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

(Chorus)
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

(Chorus)
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

The 8th of November
The 8th of November

He said goodbye to his momma
As he left South Dakota
To fight for the Red, White, and Blue
He was 19 in green with a new M-16
Just doin' what he had to do.