american spirit

I'll wave the white flag if tomorrow you'll take me

Out where the bluebirds sing

Tell me I'm all you wanted

But it gets hard to breathe

When I feel you looking my way

I don't know how to land

If I go to heaven with you

You'll have to hold my hand

And I take it all back

Mm-mm

And I take it all back

Ooh-ooh

I'm not a patriot, but I'd fight a war for you

As long as you promise the uniform's not navy blue

I braid my hair before bed, kinda believe in Jesus

And you smoke too many American Spirits

I held my knees closed in a sweaty surrender

Watching a morning dove

Felt like two birds of a feather

Fighting the urge to run

He said he was gonna protect me

Thought I was safe and sound

Red cheeks in the face of a sinner

Blood on the hunting ground

And I take it all back

Mm-mm

And I take it all back

Ooh-ooh

I'm not a patriot, but I'd fight a war for you

As long as you promise the uniform's not navy blue

I braid my hair before bed, kinda believe in Jesus

And you smoke too many (many, many, many, many)

Don't pretend that I left you behind

You weren't mine at all

I wish I felt good about goodbye

But the cage was too small

Don't pretend that I left you behind

(I'm not a patriot, but I'd fight a war for you)

(As long as you promise the uniform's not navy blue)

You weren't mine at all

(I braid my hair before bed, kinda believe in Jesus)

I wish I felt good about goodbye

(And you smoke too many American Spirits)

But the cage was too small