Good Christian Soldier-Billy Joe Shaver

[ti:Good Christian Soldier] [ar:Billy Joe Shaver] [al:Old Five And Dimers Like Me] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Good Christian Soldier - Billy Joe Shaver [00:05.29]Not so long ago in Oklahoma [00:10.11] [00:13.47]The son of an Okie preacher knelt to pray [00:18.52] [00:21.18]He said Lord [00:22.66]I wanna to be a Christian soldier just for you [00:28.61] [00:30.02]And fight to build a new [00:33.00]And better day [00:34.83] [00:38.27]Now many years [00:40.78]And miles from Oklahoma [00:44.18] [00:46.75]That same young Okie boy [00:50.05]Still kneels to pray [00:52.11] [00:55.18]But he don't pray to be [00:58.41]No Christian soldier anymore [01:02.56] [01:03.34]He just prays to make it [01:06.05]Through another day [01:08.64] [01:11.04]Cause it's hard to be a Christian soldier [01:16.68]When you tote a gun [01:19.03] [01:19.80]And it hurts to have to [01:23.05]Watch a grown man cry [01:25.48] [01:28.27]But we're playin' cards [01:30.80] [01:31.89]Writin' home havin' lots of fun [01:35.49] [01:38.08]Telling jokes and learning how to die [01:41.90] [01:47.41]The Now things I've come to know [01:49.36] [01:49.88]Seem so confusin' [01:50.53] [01:55.79]It's gettin' hard to tell [01:57.07] [01:57.72]What's wrong from right [01:59.08] [02:02.04]I can't seperate the winners [02:05.39] [02:05.93]From the losers anymore [02:09.52] [02:10.89]So thinking about just giving up the fight [02:15.81] [02:17.95]Cause it's hard to be a Christian soldier [02:23.55]When you tote a gun [02:26.08] [02:26.73]And it hurts to have to [02:29.98]Watch the children cry [02:32.34] [02:35.02]But we're playin' cards [02:37.53] [02:38.68]Writin' home ain't we hadn't fun [02:43.12] [02:44.93]Turning on and learning how to die