Didn't I make you proud, go and lay my life down, when you called my name.
I thought I stood for something, was doin' the right thing when I went away.
Now being back should be so simple, but I keep getting these mixed signals from everyone.
Why do folks sit and judge me, who ain't seen what I seen or did what I done.
Didn't I burn, didn't I bleed, enough for you.
I faced, your fears, felt pain so you won't have to.
Yeah didn't I do my best, It wasn't home here when I left.
Verse
I've seen boys fall to pieces, grown men cry out for Jesus, till their black and blue.
I thought God was on our side, weren't we supposed to be the good guys that would never lose.
Cause I don't see no ticker tape or five mile parade saying, thank you son.
Just folks that sit and judge me, who ain't seen what I seen or did what I done.
Chorus
Didn't I burn, didn't I bleed, enough for you.
I faced, your fears, felt pain so you won't have to.
Yeah didn't I do my best, It wasn't home here when I left.