Forged by Fire
by Hank Williams, Jr.
127 Rose Avenue

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It was hard for him to get out of bed

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When the phone rang “sleepy-eyed” she said

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Charlie's drunk again, why don't you just let it ring?

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Through the years he'd always picked it up

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For the guy who came back and saved his butt

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What they have in common is a brotherhood

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So few could understand

They were

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Forged by fire

What tub to get me up

Give you an unbreakable bond

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Forged by fire

When you pray to God, beat the odds

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And you walk through Hell together

You're forever

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Forged (Forged by fire)

VERSE 2

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The young GI said from his VA bed

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Why you wanna hang out with us broken men

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While you could be spendin' your time with your family and friends

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He told him son, you're family too

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I see myself when I look at you

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And a place and time you don't forget

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So even though we just met we're

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INSTRUMENTAL BREAK

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He said goodbye GI, see ya next week


And he rolls himself out to the street

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Pretty hard for him to get up in that van and

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throw that wheelchair in the back

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He was headed home ready to unwind

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When Charlie called “Can you help me one more time?”

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He said “Chuck, I'll be there on the double.

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For a brother, it's no trouble.”

When you're...

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Forged by fire

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What tub to get me up

Iraq, Korea or K Son

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Forged by fire

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From Iwo Jima to Afghanistan

We're talking about the American fightin' man

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Forged by fire