I had an uncle I never got to meet, his name was Charles.
They called him Charlie.
And when Charlie, who's my dad's oldest brother,
and when Charlie was in high school, he had really big plans.
He was going to go on maybe to be a doctor.
He had all these grand, grand plans and a really smart guy.
And he heard JFK, he heard his president, he gave this beautiful speech.
And he was so moved by the words of this leader that he changed his whole future.
He put it on hold and he said, I'm going to serve my country.
I'm going to volunteer to go to war.
And I never left.
I never got to meet my uncle because of that choice, you know, because of that choice.
But I admire him for that.
When I think of my uncle Charlie, I think of this idea that it's the words of our leaders,
they really do matter.
They mattered to my uncle Charlie back then.
And they matter to us right now.
So this one's for my uncle Charlie, this is about him.
This is called Charlie Boy.
One, two.
Charlie Boy, don't go to war.
First born in 44.
And Kennedy.
Kennedy.
Kennedy.
Made him believe that we could do much more.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
That's Neil McCarrick on the cello.
That's Neil McCarrick on the cello.
And Lilian, don't hang your head.
Love should make you feel good.
And uniform.
Uniform, you're raising me
A valentine to stand
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Play the beautiful
Play the taps
And make your mothers proud
Raise your rifles
Through the skies, boys
Fire that fiery love
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
To lose what's bad
On an open day
The church in mourn
Our loss
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh





Oh, oh, oh




Play the bugle, play the darts, and make your fathers proud.
Raise your rifles to the sky, or fire that fire beat out.
Eat love, eat love.
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