If You're Reading This

If you're readin' this

And my mama's sittin' there

Looks like I only got a one way ticket over here

I sure wish I could give you one more kiss

And war was just a game we played when we were kids

Well, I'm layin' down my gun

I'm hangin' up my boots

I'm up here with God, and we're both watchin' over you

So lay me down

In that open field, out on the edge of town

And know my soul

Is where my mama always prayed that it would go

If you're readin' this

I'm already home

If you're readin' this

Half way around the world

I won't be there to see the birth of our little girl

I hope she looks like you

I hope she fights like me

And stands up for the innocent and the weak

I'm layin' down my gun

I'm hangin' up my boots

Tell dad I don't regret that I followed in his shoes

So lay me down

In that open field, out on the edge of town

And know my soul

Is where my mama always prayed that it would go

If you're readin' this

I'm already home

If you're readin' this

There's goin' to come a day

You'll move on and find some one else, and that's ok

Just remember this

I'm in a better place

Where soldiers live in peace

And angels sing Amazing Grace

So lay me down

In that open field, out on the edge of town

And know my soul

Is where my mama always prayed that it would go

If you're readin' this

If you're readin' this

I'm already home