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by Tim Mcgraw


                                    
If you're reading this, My momma is sitting there 
                               
Looks like I only got a one way ticket over here 
                                     
I sure wish I could give you one more kiss
                                 
War was just a game we played when we were kids
          
Well I'm laying down my gun
          
I'm hanging up my boots
          
I'm up here with God
          
And we're both watching over you 

        
So lay me down
                             
In that open field out on the edge of town
         
And know my soul
                                 
Is where my momma always prayed that it would go.
                                            
And if you're reading this I'm already home. 

                                    
If you're reading 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 laying down my gun
      
I'm Hanging 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 momma always prayed that it would go
                                            
And if you're reading this, I'm already home 

                                          
If you're reading this, there's gonna come a day
                                          
When you'll move on and find someone else and that's okay
                                  
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 momma always prayed that it would go
             
And if you're reading this
                
If you're reading this
              
I'm already home