How he hated goin' home
At a city full of strangers
He was never fightin' for
Empty sleeve pinned to his shoulder
And some pills to ease the pain
No one's missin' till you need 'em
With a baby on the way
In the silence at her door
Tellin' strangers who were sleepin'
For some man who never missed her
Ain't no fun to sing that song no more
Just a broken song of freedom
No one's missin' till you need 'em
Lookin' lonesome and afraid
When you're poor enough to pay
And a longer way from home
And He's sadder than He's wiser
Got a song about a sister
Ain't no fun to sing that song no more
Started drinkin' in El Paso
And the closing of a door
Ever since he come and gone
Waitin' somewhere by the phone
Just a simple song of freedom
Left Him bleeding and alone
Got a song about a Savior
So she listens to the freedom
He was drunk in San Antone
No one's listenin' when you need 'em
That's the price of bein' human
And it's harder for a woman
And He wonders why His Father
And a cross He never made
