Raise Your Bottle

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[Verse 1]
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There's a memory that rings clear as a bell
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I was bouncing like a bull rider on his knee
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I sure miss those old stories that he'd tell
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From a hobo on a freight train

To a sailor out at sea
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My granny says that I've got his smile
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He's the reason I take pride in my last name
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No he never made the headlines

Nobody sings his song
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So for every unsung hero I'm singing this today


[Chorus]
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So raise your bottle to the boys and let's remember
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All the fallen and the price they had to pay
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Hold them up high and salute all the ones that made it back
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And for the ones away from home, don't forget to pray


[Verse 2]
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Grandpa could sing you every Hank Williams song
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But it's Amazing Grace that brought him back around
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He'd shed a tear talking about the day
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That German gunner shot his best friend down
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My daddy fought a war some say in vain
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He came home in a wheel chair, and he walks with a cane
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Seems like every generation has to pay the cost
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I think about my family

And the good friends that we've lost


[Chorus]
              Am                           C
So raise your bottle to the boys and let's remember
        Am                               C
All the fallen and the price they had to pay
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Hold them up high and salute all the ones that made it back
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And for the ones away from home, don't forget to pray


[Bridge]
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From Normandy to Korea, to Khe Sanh, Vietnam
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Heartaches streach from coast to coast
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From Bunker Hill to Fallujah, Gettysburg, to Japan
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Everyone who's ever served or lost someone
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Let's make a toast


[Chorus]
              Am                           C
So raise your bottle to the boys and let's remember
        Am                               C
All the fallen and the price they had to pay
             Dm                      C
Hold them up high and salute all the ones that made it back
            G                                    F
And for the ones away from home, don't forget to pray