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lyrics

Oh, I joined up when I was just 18
Working for the right to live
Gave my heart to Old Uncle Sam and
I thought he gave me his
I shot those guns and went crawling through the mud
Believed every word they said
Fight for peace and fight for my mother, just like my daddy did

CHORUS
I'd be a solider of a righteous god and he'll be on my side
I fight to be free, I fight for my country and for that I'd gladly die.

Two long years and two tours of duty
Writing letters from my home
I did what they asked and just what they told me, but i felt so alone
These bombs we drop, they've got no heart but they tell me they got eyes
I can't see how taking children from their mothers would ever make things right

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Two long years and 16 days I spent trying to understand this
The only thing that separates right from wrong is where the money is
So I grabbed my pack and I left my gun and I walked into the desert night
I was caught by men speaking foreign tongues, but I think I heard this right

CHORUS - 2
They said 'We are the soldiers of a righteous god and he is on our side.
We fight to be free, we fight for our country and for that we'll gladly die.'

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from American Highways [Digital Download], released April 19, 2015

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