Private First Class Lyrics & Chords By Kevin Devine & The Goddamn Band

Private Manning standing in a court room
Pleading guilty; he shouldn't have to
Truth be told, he 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
His conscience barked as he watched
our Apache
Cowboy-kill civilian Iraqis
Their laughter rolled like tanks over bodies
He 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