Johnny’s trapped, helpless, can’t find a way out, he’s losing his mind, he’s, he’s, oh shit

Johnny got a pistol strapped to his leg,
Johnny saw a missile passing his head,
Johnny got a fistful of words that he never said,
And now he’s wishing he did,
Johnny used to dream of this shit as a kid,
Daddy was a solider, till he came home,
Daddy’s never sober, daddy didn’t know the,
Weight of the world would rest on his shoulders,
Johnny’s got a son now,
What’s it going to take for Johnny to put the gun down?
Wraps himself in a flag, just to fall asleep,
Just to convince himself it aint all a scheme,
Johnny didn’t know Uncle Sam didn’t care,
Standing there, in the middle of a trap,
With shit in his hair and a target on his back,
Sack packed like a pack rat stuck with the fact that,

Wars are not a vice,
Tours are not alike,
Endures another night,
Of course he’s got to fight,
Just to breathe, to be, to see,
That freedom aint free,
Freedom aint free

Wars are not a vice,
Tours are not alike,
Endures another night,
Of course he’s got to fight,
Just to breathe, to be, to see,
That freedom aint free,
Freedom aint free

Johnny came home, he caught a flight,
Johnny got hurt, he’s not alright,
To his friends and his family,
Johnny came home, Johnny got home, Johnny made it home,
Johnny feels alone, he wrote a poem,
To fight is to live, to die is to breathe,
To lie is to try to deceive your beliefs,
Inside of the grief, inside of the pain,
Wrong side of the sun same side as the rain,
I cry from the shame, tears are a symptom,
Of things that I’ve seen,
They speak and I listen,
To no avail,

Mother weeps while son sleeps in the dirt,
Rest in peace,
Keep to myself as I dream of this hell,
Limbless I begin this journey,
To love myself

Wars are not a vice,
Tours are not alike,
Endures another night,
Of course he’s got to fight,
Just to breathe, to be, to see,
That freedom aint free,
Freedom aint free

Wars are not a vice,
Tours are not alike,
Endures another night,
Of course he’s got to fight,
Just to breathe, to be, to see,
That freedom aint free,
Freedom aint free

Johnny lives alone, with a bottle of whiskey,
Johnny didn’t know, it was so risky,
Johnny lost his home, Johnny you got to go,
I’m sorry man there’s nothing we can do,
He bit off more than he could chew,
Now he roams the streets with a sign,
Help please, I need work, I need love,
I need reassurance that losing my legs was worth it,
Cause in the direction I’ve headed I’m not a better person,
I’m not moving anywhere other than down this black hole,
I used to have it all, I used to have goals,
Now I roam through this zone alone,
Johnny got a pistol pressed to his head,
Johnny got a fistful of shit that he never said,
But goodbye might suffice,
Did as he had a hundred times before and took a life

Wars are not a vice,
Tours are not alike,
Endures another night,
Of course he’s got to fight,
Just to breathe, to be, to see,
That freedom aint free,
Freedom aint free

Wars are not a vice,
Tours are not alike,
Endures another night,
Of course he’s got to fight,
Just to breathe, to be, to see,
That freedom aint free,
Freedom aint free

Freedom Aint Free Lyrics

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