Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Private First Class , by - Kevin Devine. Release date: 14.10.2013
Song language: English
Private First Class |
| Private Manning standing in a court room |
| Pleading guilty; |
| she shouldn’t have to |
| Truth be told, she should be floating down parade routes |
| But — the truth WAS told, and what good did that do? |
| If it was you |
| You might wish you’d been born a liar |
| A coward |
| Her conscience barked as she watched our Apache |
| Cowboy-kill civilian Iraqis |
| Their laughter rolled like tanks over bodies |
| She thought: «What if everyone could see what I see?» |
| If it was you |
| You might wish you’d been born a liar |
| A coward |
| 9 months in a hole |
| 3 years in a cage |
| For having a soul |
| The American way |
| If it was you |
| You might wish you’d been born a liar |
| A coward |
| And not a hero |