[Verse] Once knew a man who went by the name Trent He was a man with an unfortunate event His wife back in the country, left him to die alone Never saw his child again, never got to go home So he lived by the gun, that was his way of fun But every now and then he would share a tale with rum He told us how he got here, how he talked to his mom How a soldier was waiting in front of the lawn… And so he said… [Chorus] Mama… I’m afraid to go… Oh mama… I don’t want to go to war… Oh mama… Don’t let me go… Oh mama… But they dragged him on the floor… Mama… Don’t let me go Oh mama… I’m afraid to go to war Oh mama… I’m afraid to go… But to war he went, his feelings were not asked for Oh mama… Oh mama… Oh mama… Oh mama your boy is fully grown… Oh mama… Oh mama… Oh mama… Oh mama your boy is war gold… Oh mama… Oh mama… Oh mama… Oh… Mama… [Verse] Then he went on to say how he never got his way Never got to enjoy a single fucking day Never had a true love, the kind that you live for for tomorrow And not just surviving, deep in your sorrow The kind that you love and not just lust The kind that you dream for and not just to fuck But then he was released for time unknown Got a wife and child but after time he got a call… And he remembered what he said, years ago A time when he was young, and barely an adult How he pleaded with the soldier outside So he got it in his mind, one last time… [Chorus] Mama… I’m afraid to go… Oh mama… I don’t want to go to war… Oh mama… Don’t let me go… Oh mama… But they dragged him on the floor… Mama… Don’t let me go Oh mama… I’m afraid to go to war Oh mama… I’m afraid to go… But to war he went, his feelings were not asked for Oh mama… Oh mama… Oh mama… Oh mama your boy is fully grown… Oh mama… Oh mama… Oh mama… Oh mama your boy is war gold… Oh mama… Oh mama… Oh mama… Oh… Mama… “But now he was the adult. He couldn’t say what he said years ago. So there was one way out.” So he lived by the gun and died by the gun…! Oh mama…! Oh mama… Oh mama…! Oh mama…
