Got a song about a soldier

Ridin' somewhere on a train

Empty sleeve pinned to his shoulder

And some pills to ease the pain Started drinkin' in El Paso

He was drunk in Sa Antone

Tellin' strangers who were sleepin'

How he hated goin' home Just a simple song of freedom

He was never fightin' for

No one's listenin' when you need 'em

Ain't no fun to sing that song no more Got a song about a sister

Waitin' somewhere by the phone

For some man who never missed her

Ever since he come and gone And its harder for a woman

With a baby on the way

That's the price of bein' human

When you're poor enough to pay So she listens to the freedom

In the silence at her door

No one's missin' till you need 'em

Ain't no fun to sing that song no more Got a song about a savior

Lookin' lonesome and afraid

At a city full of strangers

And a cross he never made And he's sadder than he's wiser

And a longer way from home

And he wonders why his father

Left him bleeding and alone Just a broken song of freedom

And the closing of a door

No one's missin' till you need 'em

Ain't no fun to sing that song no more