The Truth About Cowboys Lyrics

Upon just whose liberty exactly does it stand

Looks like I'm gonna have to go relearn my history

Yet again

You're my smallpox blanket in the summertime

You're a gateway drug on a Friday night

But I know your love is true

Because you told me so

Because you told me so

Is this what my grandpa was fighting for

Is this what my children will be known for

For a Smallpox blanket in the summertime

You're a gateway drug on a Friday night

But I know your love is true

Because you told me so

You never told me

Edison killed elephants and dogs in the street

You only told me about a kite and some lightning

Not the slaves or the genocide

You said we were GOOD guys

This land's not our land if we stole it

With a smallpox blanket in the summertime

A gateway drug on a Friday night

But I know your love is true

Because you told me so

Because you told me so

Because you told me so

We were Cowboys and Indians, Soldiers

On a mission to play,

One of our favorite games

With our fake knives, Plastic bayonets, Gun fights

We pretended to kill

Like they did in the film

When one day, While studying

John Wayne, As the smoke finally cleared

The camera drew near

To a face on the side I'd been cheering against

He was gasping for air with a hole in his chest

Then everything changed and I could not forget

And that was the first time I understood death

That was the moment when I realized

I didn't know where they'd go when they died

I pictured their parents,Their children, their wives

And suddenly lost all desire to fight

Envoys, Late night drone attacks

Young boys, Wired up to explode

Across an ocean I'm told

Anyway we got to saved now

Go to church, Live by faith now

Sing of mercy and grace

And how heaven forgave

But it's a little confusing, Which cheek should I turn

When you said love your enemy, What the prophets here heard

Is you should try to love most of them most of the time

Unless they should threaten your way of life

I admire the bravery on either side

For there is no greater love than when one gives his life

For another

But is this what it means to be free

Is this what it means to be free

The only thing more dangerous than the actions of evil men is the indifference of GOOD men

I hope that by the time you are old enough to drive

That I have some better news for you, see a brighter side

I hope that when you graduate, we still have gasoline

Even if our cars recharge, I hope we don't use up one more thing

But I promise you

I'll always tell the truth

No matter what

I owe that much to you

I hope we learn to get along, and find a better way to fight

Hope we grow another atmosphere, clone what's endangered back to life

I hope that when you want to see the world, there is still a world to see

And I promise you

I'll always tell the truth

No matter what

I owe that much to you

I hope that by the time I die, I've passed on all I can

I know we'll make some memories, son I hope you understand

I promise you I'll always tell the truth,

Even if it breaks my heart ;

I owe that much to you

Only the truth can set you free

Only the truth can set you free

Only the truth can set you free

So be true

Only the truth can set you free

Only the truth can set you free

Only the truth can set you free

So be true

Only the truth can set you free

Only the truth can set you free

Only the truth can set you free

So be true

Only the truth will set you free

Only the truth will set you free

Only the truth will set you free

My Love