American By Gods Amazing Grace Lyrics - Singles - Luke Stricklin

Bottom of my boots sure are gettin' worn 

there's a lot of holes in this faded uniform 

My hands are black with dirt and so is my face 

I aint never been to hell 

but it couldn't be any worse than this place. 

Tell my wife don't worry 'cause I know what to do 

it makes you feel better sometimes, but don't know if it's true. 

I know if I die it's just my time to go 

but I pray to God every day that I may get back home. 

Well when you've seen what I've seen 

things don't seem so bad 

quit worrying 'bout what you aint got, thank God for what you have 

'Cause I could be raising my family in this place 

but I was born an American 

by Gods Amazing Grace. 

For the last twelve months I've had a new address 

the neighborhood smells like sewerage and the streets are lined with trash. 

You never know what's gonna be the next thing to explode 

but unlike these people, I have another home. 

It breaks my heart to see these kids out on the streets 

walking barefoot through the trash, diggin' for something to eat. 

I give them what I got, just to let them know I care 

and I thank God it's not my son that's standing there. 

Well when you've seen what I've seen 

things don't seem so bad 

quit worrying 'bout what you aint got, thank God for what you have 

'Cause I could be raising my family in this place 

but I was born an American 

by Gods Amazing Grace. 

You want to talk about it, you better keep it short 

cause I got a lot of lost time I gotta make up for. 

Really don't care why Bush went in to Iraq 

I know what I done there and I'm damn sure proud of that. 

You got somethin' bad to say about the USA 

you better save it for different ears 'less you want to crawl away. 

And I laugh in your face when you say you've got it bad 

until you've spent some time on the streets of Baghdad 

Well when you've seen what I've seen 

things don't seem so bad 

quit worrying 'bout what you aint got, thank God for what you have 

'Cause you could be raising your family in this place 

but you were born in America, By God's Amazing Grace!!!!