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Not so long ago in Oklahoma

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The son of an Okie preacher knelt to pray

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He said Lord I wanna be a Christian soldier just like you

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And fight to build a new and better day


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Now many years and miles from Oklahoma

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That same young Okie boy still kneels to pray

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But he don't pray to be no Christian soldier anymore

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He just prays to make it through another day


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Cause it's hard to be a Christian soldier when you tote a gun

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And it hurts to have to watch a grown man cry

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But we're playin' cards writin' home and havin' lots of fun

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Tellin' jokes and learnin' how to die


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You know the things I've come to know seem so confusing

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It's gettin' hard to tell what's wrong from right

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I can't separate the winners from the losers anymore

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And I'm thinking of just givin' up the fight


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Cause it's hard to be a Christian soldier when you tote a gun

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And it hurts to have to watch a grown man cry

          F             G7           C                   Am
But we're playin' cards writin' home and ain't we havin' fun

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Turnin' on and learnin' how to die