good christian soldier Kris Kristofferson 

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  Not so long ago in Oklahoma  
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The  son of an Oakie preacher knelt to  pray  
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  He  said  Lord I want to be a Christian  soldier just like you  
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And  fight to build a new and better  day.  
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  Now many years and  miles from Okla homa  
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That  same young Oakie boy still kneels to  pray     
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  But  he don't pray to be no Christian  soldier anymore  
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He just  prays to make it  thru another  day.  
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  Cause  Lord  it's  hard to be a Christian soldier  
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  when you tote a gun and it  hurts to have to watch a grown man  cry.  


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  But  were  playing cards,  writing home,  having lots of fun,  
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  Telling jokes and learnin' how to  die.  
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  The things I've come to  know seem so con fusin.  
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It's  getting hard to tell what's wrong from  right.  
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  I  can' t  separate the winners from the  losers anymore  
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and  I'm thinking off just  giving up the  fight.  
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  Cause  Lord  it's  hard to be a Christian soldier  
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  when you tote a gun and it  hurts to have to watch a grown man  cry.  
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  But  were  playing cards,  writing home,  having lots of fun,  
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  Turning on and learnin' how to  die.