Good Christian Soldier

Good Christian Soldier - Billy Joe Shaver

Not so long ago in Oklahoma

The son of an Okie preacher knelt to pray

He said Lord

I wanna to be a Christian soldier just for you

And fight to build a new

And better day

Now many years

And miles from Oklahoma

That same young Okie boy

Still kneels to pray

But he don't pray to be

No Christian soldier anymore

He just prays to make it

Through another day

Cause it's hard to be a Christian soldier

When you tote a gun

And it hurts to have to

Watch a grown man cry

But we're playin' cards

Writin' home havin' lots of fun

Telling jokes and learning how to die

The Now things I've come to know

Seem so confusin'

It's gettin' hard to tell

What's wrong from right

I can't seperate the winners

From the losers anymore

So thinking about just giving up the fight

Cause it's hard to be a Christian soldier

When you tote a gun

And it hurts to have to

Watch the children cry

But we're playin' cards

Writin' home ain't we hadn't fun

Turning on and learning how to die