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