Enemy Lines Lyrics

I met a stranger lonely as could be

He'd left his home to defend his liberty

They gave him a soldier's gun and said he was making history

But all his glory never was won here's what he told me

I shot a man down when I turned eighteen for somebody's peace

I only found out when he hit the ground what it meant to me

Spend some time behind enemy lines you'll end up like me

If everything they say doesn't get in your way only then you'll be free

He told his mother that he'd come back one day

But neither of them knew that he'd never be the same

He couldn't get to sleep for days

Found it all out the hardest way

I don't know if he's gonna be okay

If he keeps living his life this way

Now he's left with a broken soul and his whiskey canteen

All he's got is the stories he tells of the things that he's seen

Spend some time behind enemy lines you'll end up like me

If everything they say doesn't get in your way only then you'll be free