Red, White, and Used

I fought for my country Gave the best years of my youth But I came home with a habit That I found just to hard to loose All I wanted was a family A house in which to live But I soon found out The world had no piece left to give I believed you when you told me That these colors don't ever run So let me ask you one question Where were you when my tours were done I didn't choose to be a burden Begging on the Senate floor Oh and by the way sirs I didn't choose to got to war Red, white, and used I can't be free, 'cause you won't let go You can't chase shadows all alone, all alone So twenty years of hard labor That's what I'm facing now For the crime Of laying a man's body down I didn't kill nobody Was only driving the get away car It was my buddy Who took it a little to far