Sometimes i think that war is necessary
Every night i pray for peace on earth
I hand out my dollars to the homeless
But believe that every able soul should work.

My father gave me my shotgun
That i'll hand down to my son
Try to each him everything it means.

I'm a man of my convictions
Call me wrong, call me right
But i bring my better angels to every fight.

You may not like where i'm going
But you sure know where i stand
Hate me if you want to, love me if you can.

I stand by my right to speak freely
But i worry about what kids learn from TV
And before all of the bettin
Turns to angry words and hate
Sometimes we should just agree to disagree.

And believe that Jesus
Looks down here and sees us
And if you asked him he would say

I'm a man of my convictions
Call me wrong, call me right
But i bring my better angels to every fight.

You may not like where i'm going
But you sure know where i stand
Hate me if you want to, love me if you can.

I'm a man of my convictions
Call me wrong, call me right
But i bring my better angels to every fight.

You may not like where i'm going
But you sure know where i stand
Hate me if you want to, love me if you can