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Forgotten American
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A song that reminds us to honor those who served our country.
counrty singer songwriter
Singer songwriter of fresh, simple songs that touch your heart.
Rob Mitchell is a singer songwriter from Murfreesboro, Tennessee just outside of Nashville.
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Genre
Country • Alternative Country
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#8,681 today Peak #27
#1,725 in subgenre Peak #3
Author
Rob Mitchell
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Rob Mitchell
Uploaded
September 20, 2003
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MP3 3.1 MB • 128 kbps • 0:00
Story behind the song
This is a true story song. A veteran passed away quietly in a veterans hospital and the only one who was with him was a nurse. She held his hand so he would not die alone.
Lyrics
SHE HELD HIS HAND AS HE LET GO SO HE WOULD NOT DIE ALONE FROM HIS EYES SHE WATCHED LIFE FLOW IN THAT COLD,GRAY V.A. ROOM HE WAS ONCE PRODU AND STRONG SERVED HIS COUNTRY RIGHT OR WRONG TONIGHT THIS POOR OLD LONELY MAN IS JUST A FORGOTTEN AMERICAN IN A ROOM JUST DOWN THE HALL THERE SITS A MAN WHO ONCE STOOD TALL TILL THAT AWFUL SUMMER NIGHT HE LOST HIS LEGS AND THEN HIS SIGHT HE WAS ONCEPROUD AND STRONG SERVED HIS COUNTRY RIGHT OR WRONG TONIGHT THIS POOR OLD LONELY MAN IS JUST A FORGOTTEN AMERICAN ON A BASEBALL FIELD TODAY A YOUNG BOY GOES OUT TO PLAY NEVER HEARD OF VIET NAM OR OF THOSE FORGOTTEN AMERICANS HE WILL GROW UP PROUD AND STRONG SERVE HIS COUNTRY RIGHT OR WRONG BUT IF WE DONT GIVE A DAMN HE'LL BE A FORGOTTEN AMERICAN SHE HELD HIS HAND AS HE LET GO IN THAT COLD GRAY V.A. ROOM
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