Bill Anderson - I Am lyrics

I am a soldier I'm a slave of power

Power so great that it can destroy

God's world with one mighty blast

I'm a machine, a computer an engine

Programed to reap destruction wherever I go

I'm a bad risk for my credit is only backed

Up by the United States Government

My reputation is that of a braggard

A sex fiend, a cheat and rusted hero

I'm a killer paid and trained

To hit first before being hit and I do

I'm a soldier so who cares how dirty the job is

If it has to be done then it's done

Right but I'm also a human being

I am myself good or bad

I smell the flowers in the spring

I hear the birds sing in the early morning

I feel the warmth of a fire in the winter

And I feel the rain as it moistens my brow

I'm a part of family with God as my father

And me the obediest child

I have wants and needs and I have the strenght

And the faith to fullfill them

And I have passion, the kind of passion

That brings forth a love so great

That no war, no tragedy

Or no other being could ever destroy

I'm a human being and I feel

I feel the things all around me

And I'm grateful, I'm so very grateful

I'm also an American and I'm proud

I'm proud because I have the right

To worship God as my Master

The right to love a wife, children, mother and father

Without the fear of political reprisal

My country gives me the right to build, to destroy

And to rebuild to better proportisions

I am an American, I have the right

To listen to the Star Spangled Banner

The right to feel a chill throughout my entire body

When I look at the flag, our flag

I have the right to defend

To honor, to pay tribute

To the great ones who've come

And gone before, why

Because I'm an American

And because I'm an American I can also cry

I can cry for my lost brother

Who died defending our way of life

I am an American and I'm proud

Proud because I am...