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
No he never made the headlines, nobody sings his song
So for every unsung hero, I'm singin 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 would sing you every Hank Williams song
But it's amazing grace that brought him back around
He'd shead a tear talkin about the day

That German gunner shot his best friend down

My daddy fought a war some say in vain

He came home in a wheel chair, he walks with a kane
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 Kason Vietnam
Heartaches don't stretch from coast to coast
From Bunker Hill to Filucia, 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