Good Christian Slodier

good christian soldier Kris Kristofferson   Not so long ago in Oklahoma              The  son of an Oakie preacher knelt to  pray                                He  said  Lord I want to be a Christian  soldier just like you       And  fight to build a new and better  day.                          Now many years and  miles from Okla homa                            That  same young Oakie boy still kneels to  pray                                           But  he don’t pray to be no Christian  soldier anymore             He just  prays to make it  thru another  day.                           Cause  Lord 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  were  playing cards  writing home  having lots of fun          Telling jokes and learnin’ how to  die.                          The things I’ve come to  know seem so con fusin.                              It’s  getting hard to tell what’s wrong from  right.                               I can’ t  separate the winners from the  losers anymore             and  I’m thinking off just  giving up the  fight.                        Cause  Lord  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  were  playing cards  writing home  having lots of fun         Turning on and learnin’ how to  die.