Raise Your Bottle

There's a memory that rings clear as a bell I was bouncin' 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 Though 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 'em up high and salute All the ones that made it back, and for the ones away from home Don't forget to pray Grandpa could sing you every Hank Williams song But it's "Amazing Grace" that brought him back around He'd shed a tear talkin' about the day That German gunner shot his best friend down My Daddy fought a war some say in vain Well, he come home in a wheelchair, he walks with a cane It 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 'em up high and salute All the ones that made it back, and for the ones away from home Don't forget to pray From Normandy to Korea, to Caisson, Vietnam Heartaches and headstones stretched 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 'em up high and salute All the ones that made it back, and for the ones away from home Don't forget to pray Don't forget to pray No, don't forget to pray Don't forget to pray