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Artist/Band: 
Bobby Bare 
Lyrics for Song: Good Christian Soldier 
Lyrics for Album: I Need Some Good News Bad [Mercury] [1971]
  
               
  23640>(Bobby Bare - Billy Joe Shaver)
 
 
  Not so long ago in Oklahoma
  The son of an Okie preacher knelt to pray
  He said Lord I wanna be a Christian soldier just like 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 a Christian soldier anymore
  He just prays to make it through another day.
 
 
  'Cause Lord it's hard to be a Christian soldier when you tote a gun
  It hurts to have to watch a grown man cry
  But we're playin' cards and writin' home and havin' lots of fun
  Telling jokes and learning how to die.
 
 
  Things I'm seeing now seem so confusin'
  Lord it's gettin' hard to tell what's wrong from right
  I can't separate the winners from the losers anymore
  So I'm thinking bout just giving up the fight.
 
 
  'Cause Lord it's hard to be a Christian soldier when you tote a gun
  It hurts to have to watch a grown man cry
  But we're playin' cards and writin' home and havin' lots of fun
  Telling jokes and learning how to die...
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| Album Lyrics: I Need Some Good News Bad [Mercury] [1971] | 
 
   Bobby Bare 
"I Need Some Good News Bad [Mercury] [1971]"
 
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