wish it was true

mother

try to do right by you

to do what you asked me to

i did wrong and i knew

mother i tried to behave for you

now i'm a digging a grave for you

it was all i could do

find a way back home

make everything new

but i wish it was true

father

well i gave my soul to you

i came in blind folded for you

it was all that i knew

open your arms and i'll fly out of hell up to you

i wish it was true

boy come on out from the cold

your lost outside there don't you know

it's not what you say it's what you do

just keep wishing your wishes are true

well your dreams they're reality

there's no pain there's no misery

just polish the blood and the bruise

for there's just no way you can lose

but i wish it was true

country

i was a soldier for you

i did what you asked me to

it was wrong and you knew

country

now i'm just a stranger to you

a number a name it's true

throw me away when you're through

home of the brave and the free the red white and blue

but i wish it was true