If You're Reading This

If you're reading this, my mama's sitting there

Looks like I only got a one-way ticket over here

Sure wish I could give you one more kiss

And war was just a game we played when we were kids

I'm laying down my gun

I'm hanging up my boots

I'm up here with God, and we're both watching over you

So lay me down

In that open field out on the edge of town

And know my soul

Is where my momma always prayed that it would go

And if you're reading this

I'm already home

If you're reading this

Halfway around the world

I won’t be there

To see the birth of our little girl

I hope she looks like you

I hope she fights like me

Stands up for the innocent and the weak

I'm laying down my gun

I'm hanging up my boots

Tell dad I don't regret that I followed in his shoes

So lay me down

In that open field out on the edge of town

And know my soul

Is where my momma always prayed that it would go

And if you're reading this

I'm already home

If you're reading this

There’s going to come a day

When you'll move on and find someone else

And that's okay

Just remember this

I'm in a better place

Where soldiers live in peace

And angels sing "Amazing Grace"

So lay me down

In that open field out on the edge of town

And know my soul

Is where my momma always prayed that it would go

And if you're reading this

If you're reading this

I'm already home