Wish It Was True

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Mother,try to do right by you
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To do what you asked me to
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I did wrong and I knew

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Mother I tried to behave for you
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Now I'm a digging a grave for you
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It was all I could do

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Find a way back home, make 
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everything new
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But I wish it was true

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Father, well I gave my soul to you
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I came in blind folded for you
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It was all that I knew

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Open your arms and I'll fly out of
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 hell up to you
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I wish it was true

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Boy come on out from the cold
Your lost outside there, don't you 
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know
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It's not what you say it's what you 
do
Just keep wishing your wishes are 
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true
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Well your dreams they're reality now
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There's no pain there's no misery
Just polish the blood and the bruise
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There's just no way you can lose
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But I wish it was true

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Country, I was a soldier for you
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I did what you asked me to
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It was wrong and you knew

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Country, now I'm just a stranger 
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to you
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A number a name it's true
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Throw me away when you're through
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Home of the brave and free, the 
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red white and blue
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But I wish it was true

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