For Love Of Country

He packed his bag he's leaving town had seen enough to care
 Had fifteen dollars in his hand to get from here to there
 He took his time made up his mind
 His father pled son stay at home there's work back on the farm
 I went this route when I was a boy with a gun held in my arms
 Saw so many die with star spangled eyes
 He packed his mother's only Bible down take a Rosary she said
 And son please say your prayers tonight when you lay down your head
 Cuz it's a long ride home on these tired roads tonight
 Old Johnny died on war torn streets in the fading summer light
 They laid him in the ground today his father shook his head
 I only wish he'd stayed at home instead
 He sits alone under the stars on a porch swing made of steel
 His head hung low down to the ground for the pain that he now feels
 Why he let him go, God only knows
 He packed his mother's only Bible down take a Rosary she said
 And son please say your prayers tonight when you lay down your head