Family Land

Lonesome coyote echoes in the early mornin' wind Rifle on my shoulder, cool breeze upon my skin I shot my first whitetail in this same old Sudan field But today I wait and slowly lay for a different kind of kill They flew me back from Fallujah, with shrapnel in my head Paw came down with cancer and he ain't too far from dead We've payed our shares of blood and gold but the tax man still wants more They coming for the land today but they don't know what's in store Mama told me flesh and blood is not what I'm to fight But if this goes the way I plan I'll see her by tonight Father please forgive me for this blood shed at my hands But you lived for our family And this is Family Land Mama died when I was young, it left just me and Paw We poured our hearts into this place until my duty called I always planned to come back, find a wife and raise some kids I ain't gonna let them take what they sent me to defend Mama told me flesh and blood is not what I'm to fight But if this goes the way I plan I'll see her by tonight Father please forgive me for this blood shed at my hands But you lived for our family And this here's Family Land