Charlie Boy Intro (Live From Wrigley Field)

Well, I had an uncle whose name was Charles, but everybody called him Charlie

And uh, when Charlie was in high school, he had these big plans ahead of him, he was going to be a medical doctor one day maybe

He was my dad's eldest brother

And he was uh, one of the smartest kids you'll ever meet

And uh, it all changed, he heard JFK, gave this beautiful speech

And he was so moved by these words, that he signed up, he volunteered to go fight in a war

I never got to meet this uncle Charlie

And uh, you fast forward to today, and my sister's been married to a Green Beret now for twenty years this year

And they have four beautiful children, they've been stationed all around the country and parts of the world

And uh, I've seen first-hand the sacrifice that they make as a family, all of them

And when he's deployed, they're with him

And um, so, just like my uncle Charlie's family, they put that sacrifice in, so does my sister, and so many others

So this goes out to those families put there who are doing the same thing, putting in that sacrifice

It's called "Charlie Boy"