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’ll give 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

You're 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