These Singers Won’t Back Down



by David Forsmark
Posted on December 23 2010 6:00 am

Video: 10. Ballad of the Green Berets, Sgt. Barry Sadler http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH4-tOqL ... r_embedded

Video: 9. I Got it Honest—Aaron Tippin http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL9u0lT2 ... r_embedded

Video: 8. Sweet Home Alabama—Lynyrd Skynyrd http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95QXuu_m ... r_embedded

Video: 7. Freedom Never Cries—Five for Fighting http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQ34M5-C ... r_embedded

Video: 6. In America—Charlie Daniels http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kB7OR16 ... r_embedded

Video: 6a. Simple Man– Charlie Daniels live at the Grand Ole Opry http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f7nGWPv ... r_embedded

Video: 5. Have you Forgotten– Darryl Worley http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6yLQRF- ... r_embedded

Video: 4. I Won’t Back Down – Tom Petty, 9/11 Moments http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h24IMgAX ... r_embedded

Video: 3. God Bless the U.S.A.—Lee Greenwood http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRCQypnV ... r_embedded

Video: Here’s Greenwood at the 1988 Republican Convention tribute to the Gipper. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DctgMpII ... r_embedded

Video: 2. Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue (The Angry American)—Toby Keith http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQcJ9tPv ... r_embedded

American Girls and American Guys
We’ll always stand up and salute
We’ll always recognize
When we see Old 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
Until 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 flyin’ 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 shakin’ her fist
And the eagle will fly
Man, it’s gonna be hell
When you hear Mother Freedom
Start ringin’ her bell
And it feels like the whole wide world is raining down on you
Brought to you Courtesy of the Red White and Blue

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 shakin’ her fist
And the eagle will fly
Man, it’s gonna be hell
When you hear Mother Freedom
Start ringin’ her bell
And it feels like the whole wide world is raining down on you
Brought to you Courtesy of the Red White and Blue
Video: 1. Born Free– Kid Rock http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0298yfQ ... r_embedded

Fast, on a rough road riding
High, through the mountains climbing
twisting, turning further from my home.
Young, like a new moon rising
Fierce, through the rain and lightning
Wandering out into the great unknown.

And I don’t want no one to cry.
Well tell ‘em if I don’t survive

I was born free!
I was born free
I was born free, born free.

Free, like a river raging
Strong as the wind I’m facing.
Chasing dreams and racing father time.
Deep like the grandest canyon,
Wild like an untamed stallion.
If you can’t see my heart you must be blind.
You can knock me down and watch me bleed
But you can’t keep no chains on me.

I was born Free

I will bow to the shining sea
And celebrate God’s grace on thee

I was born free
While the above video shows exactly how a rock star should do a Thanksgiving halftime show for an NFL game, I have to give some kudos to the standard music video which was filmed at the world’s most underrated scenic site, Michigan’s Pictured Rocks Lakeshore.

Video: Kid Rock - Born Free http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bu3rsha1 ... r_embedded

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