Can my baby come home?

America the beautiful, there’s something I need to know:

Can my baby come home? I need my baby at home.

America the beautiful, what are we really fightin’ for?

I need my baby at home, can my baby come home?

This for the soldiers that died and all the soldiers still dying

This for the families crying, oh why my government lying

My baby just graduated, gave him a hug, now he’s gone

Said he’s following his orders now he ain’t coming home

Gave him a plaque and a ribbon, told you he died in honor

Oh how she screamed, God, a son’s supposed to bury his momma

Said it was a suicide bomber but when she turned on the news

His death could have been prevented if he had better tools

I pledge allegiance to the flag in a country I love

But he was only 18, he never knew what death was

Now he on his way to war, where the fighting is real

Twenty-one shots to salute another victim in the battlefield

America the beautiful, there’s something I need to know:

Can my baby come home? I need my baby at home.

America the beautiful, what are we really fighting for?

Can my baby come home? I need my baby at home.

My country tears of thee, sweet land of liberty, last year my baby came home

Before he left he could stand up and eat on his own

Now he’s breathing through a tube with one leg missing

Nightmares ’cause he survived and his best friend didn’t

They said we looking for Sadam, but where is bin Laden?

His family in the air flying, our families on the ground dying

Mr. President, I know you got a vision

But if there’s anybody listening, why our soldiers the victim?

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Give them a purple heart for killing women and children

But when they torturing the enemy, you throw them in prison

Now who the enemy, they say we fighting for freedom

But every day our soldiers die, tell me, who are we freeing?

This for the families in this world all alone

Praying to god until their baby come home.

America the beautiful, there’s something I need to know:

Can my baby come home? I need my baby at home.

America the beautiful, what are we really fightin’ for?

I need my baby at home, can my baby come home?