Toby Keith

Angry American (Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue) live version

Toby Keith


Spoken:

Following September 11th last year, everybody that was a poet or writer or a 
song writer of any kind had a reason to write some words down or some thoughts 
down on a piece of paper. And I was no different than anybody else, that's 
what you do when you do what I do. And Uhh

My father served in the army in the 50's he lost his eye in a training combat 
mission. He came home he put up a flag at the farm I was raised on. I lost 
him six months prior to the attacks on New York City and the United States and 
Uhh that flag flew out there in that yard and it's flown there every day.

He raised me right and he never bitched one time about losing his eye. Never 
heard him cry about it one time, he was glad to go do it, that's why we're free 
today and it's our turn to stand on what our fathers and fore fathers did for 
us and make sure we don't let them down.

I wrote a song in the following days after September 11th it's called the 
"Angry American" and I want to send it out to my father tonight.

Sang ....

American Girls and American Guys 
We'll always stand up and salute 
We'll always recognize 
When we see Ole Glory Flying 
There's a lot of men dead 
So we can sleep in peace at night 
When we lay down our head

My daddy served in the army 
Where he lost his right eye 
But he flew a flag out in our yard 
Till the day that he died 
He wanted my mother, my brother, my sister and me 
To grow up and live happy 
In the land of the free. 

Now this nation that I love 
Has fallen under attack 
A mighty sucker punch came flying in 
From somewhere in the back 
Soon as we could see clearly 
Through our big black eye 
Man, we lit up your world 
Like the 4th of July 

Hey Uncle Sam 
Put your name at the top of his list 
And the Statue of Liberty 
Started shaking her fist 
And the eagle will fly 
And there's gonna be hell 
When you hear Mother Freedom 
Start ringing her bell 
And itll feel like the whole wide world is raining down on you 
Ahhh Brought to you Courtesy of the Red White and Blue 

Ohhh Justice will be served 
And the battle will rage 
This big dog will fight 
When you rattle his cage 
And you'll be sorry that you messed with 
The U.S. of A. 
'Cause we'll put a boot in your ass 
It's the American way 

Hey Uncle Sam 
Put your name at the top of his list 
And the Statue of Liberty 
Started shaking her fist 
And the eagle will fly 
And there's gonna be hell 
When you hear Mother Freedom 
Start ringing her bell 
And itll feel like the whole wide world is raining down on you 
Brought to you Courtesy of the Red White and Blue

Uhhh Ohhh 
Of the Red, White and Blue
Ohhh Ohh Oh
Of My Red, White and Blue