Taylor Hicks - Nineteen Lyrics
Nineteen
The number on his back wore the captain of the high school football team
Took us all the way to state
Got a scholarship to play down in Tennessee
He could catch he could throw he could run he could go like you've never seen
Nineteen
But on the day those twin towers came down his whole world turned around
He told them all I can't play ball there's a war on now
He marched right in with a few good men and joined the marines
At nineteen
[chorus]
He might of carried your bags at the grocery store
Now he's somebody's son in a hole with a gun in a foreign land
Trying to hold on to his American dream
At nineteen
There's a sniper out there in the dark somewhere and a soldier is down
Need someone who can duck and run and get him out somehow
What one good man will raise his hand and take one for the team
How bout you nineteen?
[chorus]
He's a boy next door
He might of carried your bags at the grocery store
Now he's somebody's son in a hole with a gun in a foreign land
Trying to hold on to his American dream
Nineteen
Nineteen
Brought him home today with a big parade down on main street
Gotta Purple Heart and a Silver Star solder gave a speech
Said he could catch he could throw he could run he's the one that rescued me
...could have played for Tennessee
He was nineteen
He was only nineteen
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Taylor Hicks Nineteen Comments
I do each time I listen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Very beautiful song and Taylor has a beautiful voice to sing it with
This cover is good, but shane owens is better in my opinion. Especially the band version.
why didn't they play that in tube radio
Hi Karin - Can't figure out how to message you - don't know my way around since they changed everything. Powerful video, clutches my heart to hear Taylor sing and watch the images on the screen. Hoping you still follow your comments and we might connect.
so sad want to cry
I work at bally's where taylor performs nightly. I love hearing this song.
Almost makes me cry everytime I hear it
Beautiful !
I like this version but I love Shane Owen's version. Shane is the writer of the original version. He wrote it for his grandfather.
Everyone keeps mentioning that Taylor sang this as a cover. I believe this is an original Taylor Hicks song. If I'm wrong, who sang the original?
Nineteen (song) " Nineteen " is a song written by Tom Hambridge, Jeffrey Steele, and Gary Nicholson. The song was originally recorded by Waycross, whose version peaked at number 54 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in July 2007. Taylor Hicks later recorded the song on his 2009 album The Distance,...
I love covers and this one is a good cover no doubt. Great Voice. That being said I seen Tom Hambridge play this live 5-6 yrs ago. I had never heard it before. It just blew me away everyone was standing with a tear in his eye. So moving. But this for some reason does not move me like Tom's Version. I dont know why. This one is more musical more instruments. Tom's version was one accustic guitar and his voice. This one seems comercialized but most songs are. Still a good cover.
Taylor tweeted this video twice yesterday- HE said it was great- fantastic work, MagnoliaBreezes- God bless all the servicemen & women.
Beautiful song. God bless our troops.
Quite an honor. cfk
Yes, Taylor, it 's a time to remember and thank the brave men and women who who fought for our country. This is such a touching, heartfelt song of dedication to our American way of life. Yes, we should never forget those who have fallen to preserve our dream and to whom we owe much, I say again and again, THANK YOU!
Thank you K and A for doing this video.......Great pictures , great editing and a great song to honor our service men and women............
Beautiful way to honor our brave men and women. Thanks for the video and thanks Taylor for the music!
This video has been added to Tom Hambridge's YouTube channel. That's pretty special when one of the songwriters adds your video to his channel, congrats.
Beautifully done video. Taylor's rendition of this touching song is equally beautiful.
Outstanding Video to an amazing song!
Very powerful song - fantastic video. Glad to see this beautiful tribute to our handsome, young men and women. Thank you Karin and Allyn -- good job.
What an amazing video tribute!
This song has been chosen to be on the Armed Forces Network.