Afraid to Fight

Eighteen, graduated sent off to war Traded in that diploma for a forty-four Hot days, cold nights, boots on the ground Shed blood, sweat, and tears for his Uncle Sam Mom and Daddy wanted college and a good job Settle down, buy a house, couple acre lot He was raised up tough, never backed down Wore his heart on his sleeve, gave every ounce Daddy said, son you don't have to go, you know He says Daddy I know but I ain't afraid to fight I ain't scared to give all I got I ain't the kind to tuck and run When hard times come there ain't no doubt I ain't afraid of bruises, the truth is I know where my faith lies This is me, I ain't gonna change 'til the day I die 'Cause I ain't afraid to fight Four years down the road, traded in the gun Got a wife, picket fence, and some little ones Everything's running smooth in paradise 'Til it's dishes breaking, yelling on a late night She's got her bags packed heading off to the door Saying is this love worth fighting for? Tells him any other man would've already let me go And he says baby I know, but I ain't afraid to fight I ain't scared to give all I got I ain't the kind to tuck and run When hard times come there ain't no doubt I ain't afraid of bruises, the truth is I know where my faith lies This is me, I ain't gonna change 'til the day I die 'Cause I ain't afraid to fight That road's nearly wound up at its end As they wait for the doctor to come in Stage three surely ain't what they wanna hear Face down in his hands as he's shedding tears She reaches out, takes him by the hand Tells him honey, don't you know God's got a plan Don't you ever forget those words you said that night 'Cause baby, you were right We ain't afraid to fight We ain't scared to give all we got We ain't the kind to tuck and run When hard times come there ain't no doubt We ain't afraid of bruises, the truth is We know where our faith lies This is us, we ain't gonna change 'til the day we die This is us, we ain't gonna change 'til the day we die 'Cause we ain't afraid to fight We ain't afraid to fight We ain't afraid to fight