FORGED BY FIRE ....Daryl Burgess/Ron Hellard    it was hard for him to get out of bed   when the phone rang, sleep-eyed she said   Charlie's drunk again   why don't you just let it ring   through the years he'd alaways picked it up   for the guy who came back and saved his butt   what they have in common is a brotherhood    so few could understand   chorus   they were forged by fire   hard times you get beyond   gives you an unbreakable bond   forged by fire   when you pray to god, bet the odds    and walk through hell together   you're forever   forged by fire      the young GI said from his V A bed   why you wanna hang out with us broken men   when you could be spending your time with your family and friends   he told him son, you're family too   i see myself when i look at you   in a place and time you don't forget   and even tho we've just met   we're chorus      he said goodbye GI see you next week   then he rolled himself out to the street   it was pretty hard for him to get his van   and throw the wheelchair in the back   he was headed home ready to unwind   Charlie called can you help me one more time   he said Chuck, I'll be there on the double   for a brother, it's no trouble   chorus