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♪♪ BUT I HATE, HATE LOVE
STRANGE
♪♪ STRANGE
TALK ABOUT LOVE, I WOKE UP
AND THE SUN WAS SHININ'
♪♪ STRANGE
STRANGE. ♪♪
( APPLAUSE )
>> Announcer: PLEASE WELCOME
DIERKS BENTLEY.
( APPLAUSE )
>> EVEN ON A NIGHT WITH SO MANY
BIG AWARDS, THERE IS ALWAYS A
FEW THAT HOLD A SPECIAL PLACE
FOR FANS OF COUNTRY MUSIC.
LIKE THE AWARD I GET TO PRESENT
TONIGHT, WHICH HONORS FIVE WOMEN
WHO HAVE RISEN TO THE TOP THE
CHARTS AND THEIR CRAFT.
>> AND THE A.C.M. TOP FEMALE
VOCALIST IS CARRIE UNDERWOOD!
>> IT IS MY BELIEF THAT COUNTRY
MUSIC MAKES THE WORLD A BETTER
PLACE.
AND I AM SO GLAD TO BE A PART OF
COUNTRY MUSIC, ALL THE GLORY AND
ALL OF THE GOODNESS AND ALL THE
PRAISE GOES TO GOD, THANK YOU SO
MUCH, FANS, EVERYBODY AT THE
LABEL, EVERYBODY AT ERISTA, I
FEEL LIKE I WON AMERICAN IDOL
ALL OVER AGAIN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND EVERYBODY AT 19 EN, ROGER,
EVERYBODY, ALL OF MY FRIENDS,
OH, MY GOSH.
MY MOM, MY SISTER, MY FAMILY, MY
FRIENDS, THANK YOU SO MUCH, I
KNOW I AM FOR GETTING SO MANY
PEOPLE I AM SO BAD AT THIS,
FANS, THANK YOU, THANK YOU GOD!
[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
>> Announcer: LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN, PLEASE WELCOME, FROM
THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORP,
LIEUTENANT ANDREW KY-NERD.
( APPLAUSE )
>> GOOD EVENING.
] THANK
YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
GOOD EVENING.
I WAS WOUNDED IN IRAQ AND THEN
HELPED ENORMOUSLY BY AN
ORGANIZATION CALLED THE WOUNDED
WARRIOR PROJECT.
TONIGHT, THE ACADEMY OF COUNTRY
MUSIC'S CHARITY, LIFTING LIVES,
AND TRACE ADKINS ARE HELPING
PEOPLE LIKE ME THROUGH THE
PERFORMANCE YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE.
AS YOU LISTEN TO THIS SONG,
PLEASE CONSIDER THAT IT'S NOT
ABOUT THE WAR, IT'S ABOUT
THE WARRIOR.
>> ♪♪ I WAS THERE
IN THE WINTER OF '64
♪♪ WHEN WE CAMPED IN THE ICE
AT NASHVILLE'S DOOR
♪♪ THREE HUNDRED MILES
OUR TRAIL HAD LED
♪♪ WE BARELY HAD TIME TO
BURY OUR DEAD
♪♪ WHEN THE YANKEES CHARGED
AND THE COLORS FELL
OVERTON HILL WAS A LIVIN' HELL
♪♪ WHEN WE CALLED RETREAT
IT WAS ALMOST DARK
♪♪ I DIED WITH A GRAPESHOT
IN MY HEART
♪♪ SAY A PRAYER FOR PEACE
FOR EVERY FALLEN SON
♪♪ SET MY SPIRIT FREE
LET ME LAY DOWN MY GUN
♪♪ SWEET MOTHER MARY I'M SO TIRD
BUT I CAN'T COME HOME
TILL THE LAST SHOT'S FIRED
♪♪ IN JUNE OF 1944
I WADED IN THE BLOOD
OF OMAHA'S SHORES
♪♪ 21 AND SCARED TO DEATH
MY HEART POUNDIN' IN MY CHEST
♪♪ I ALMOST MADE
THE FIRST SEA WALL
♪♪ WHEN MY FRIENDS TURNED
AND SAW ME FALL
♪♪ I STILL SMELL THE SMOKE
I CAN TASTE THE MUD
♪♪ AS I LAY THERE DYIN'
FROM A LOSS OF BLOOD
♪♪ I'M IN THE FIELDS OF VIETNAM
THE MOUNTAINS OF AFGHANISTAN
♪♪ AND I'M STILL HOPIN'
WAITIN' PRAYIN'
I DID NOT DIE IN VAIN
♪♪ SAY A PRAYER FOR PEACE
FOR PEACE
♪♪ FOR OUR DAUGHTERS AND OUR SOS
SET OUR SPIRITS FREE
♪♪ SET US FREE
LET US LAY DOWN OUR GUNS
♪♪ SWEET MOTHER MARY WE'RE SO
TIRED BUT WE CAN'T COME HOME
♪♪ NO WE CAN'T COME HOME
TILL THE LAST SHOT'S FIRED. ♪♪
>> YOU CAN SUPPORT THE WOUNDED
WARRIOR PROJECT BY DOWNLOADING
TRACE'S PERFORMANCE ON iTUNES.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
COMPANY AFTER THE ACCIDEN.
AAAHHHHH!!
WHAT IS IT
SOMEON
YOU'
SES
AFLAC!