FIRST THING I DID
WHEN THAT PLANE
FINALLY LANDED
WAS KISS THE GROUND
NEXT THING I DID
WAS TO GO FIND
MY FRIENDS
DOWN AT THE OLD
HANG OUT
WE DRANK SOME BEER
AND TALKED A LOT
ABOUT OLD TIMES
BUT WHEN THE BOOZE
FINALLY HIT
BILLY JOE GRIMES
HE SAID I DON'T KNOW
WHAT IT IS
BUT YOU SEEM
DIFFERENT TO ME
I SAID I JUST CAME BACK
FROM A PLACE
WHERE THEY HATED ME
AND EVERYTHING
I STAND FOR
A LAND WHERE OUR
BROTHERS ARE DYING
FOR OTHERS
WHO DON'T EVEN CARE
ANYMORE
IF I'M NOT EXACTLY
THE SAME GOOD OL' BOY
THAT YOU RAN AROUND
WITH BEFORE
I JUST CAME BACK
FROM A WAR
4 BAR
BREAK
THE VERY NEXT MORNIN'
I TOOK A WALK THROUGH
THE NEIGHBORHOOD
I THOUGHT IT'S BEEN
SO LONG
SINCE I'VE BEEN
IN A PLACE WHERE
EVERYTHING IS GOOD
PEOPLE LAUGHIN' AND
CHILDREN WERE PLAYIN'
AND AS I WATCHED 'EM
I FOUND MYSELF PRAYIN'
LORD KEEP 'EM SAFE
HERE AT HOME
IN THE LAND OF THE FREE
'CAUSE I JUST CAME
BACK FROM A PLACE
WHERE THEY HATED ME
AND EVERYTHING
I STAND FOR
A LAND WHERE
OUR BROTHERS
ARE DYING FOR OTHERS
WHO DON'T EVEN CARE
ANYMORE
IF I'M NOT
THE SAME LITTLE
FRECKLE-FACED BOY
THAT GREW UP IN
THAT HOUSE NEXT DOOR
I JUST CAME BACK
FROM A WAR
8 BAR
INSTRUMENTAL
BREAK
I HOPE YOU CHERISH
THIS SWEET WAY OF LIFE
AND I HOPE YOU KNOW
THAT IT COMES
WITH A PRICE
I JUST CAME BACK
FROM A PLACE
WHERE THEY HATED ME
AND EVERYTHING
I STAND FOR
A LAND WHERE
OUR BROTHERS
ARE DYIN' FOR OTHERS
WHO DON'T EVEN CARE
ANYMORE
CHANCES ARE
I NEVER WILL BE
THE SAME
I REALLY DON'T KNOW
ANYMORE
I JUST CAME BACK
FROM A WAR
I JUST CAME BACK
FROM A WAR
I JUST CAME BACK
FROM A WAR