The Fighting Side of Me

Music for the study of the Vietnam War
collected by John J. Fitzgerald
Longmeadow High School
Longmeadow, MA 01106
(not to be sold)

"The Fighting Side of Me"

Merle Haggard

I hear people talking bad about the way
they have to live here in this country.
Harping on the wars they fight and
griping about the ways things ought to be.
I don't mind them switching sides and
standing up for things they believe in.
When they're running down our country, man,
they are walking on the fighting side of me.

CHORUS:
They're walking on the fighting side of me.
Running down our way of life our fighting men
have fought and died to keep.
If you don't love it - leave it,
let this song that I am singing be a warning.
When you are running down our country, hoss,
then you are walking on the fighting side of me.

I read about some squirrely guy who claims
that he just don't believe in fighting
and I wonder just how long the rest of us
can count on being free.
They love our milk and honey,
but they preach about some other way of living.
When they are running down our country,
man, they're walking on the fighting side of me.

They're walking on the fighting side of me.
Running down our way of life our fighting men
have fought and died to keep.
If you don't love it - leave it!
Let this song that I am singing be a warning.
When you're running down our country, man -
you're walking on the fighting side of me.

Chorus-repeat