Sometimes I think that war is necessary Every night I pray for peace on Earth I hand out my dollars to the homeless But believe that every able soul should work My father gave me my shotgun That I'll hand down to my son Try to teach him everything it means I'm a man of my convictions Call me wrong, call me right But I bring my better angels to every fight You may not like where I'm going But you sure know where I stand Hate me if you want to Love me if you can I stand by my right to speak freely But I worry 'bout what kids learn from TV And before all of debatin' turns to angry words and hate Sometimes we should just agree to disagree And I believe that Jesus looks down here and sees us And if you ask him he would say I'm a man of my convictions Call me wrong, call me right But I bring my better angels to every fight You may not like where I'm going But you sure know where I stand Hate me if you want to Love me if you can I'm a man of my convictions Call me wrong, call me right But I bring my better angels to every fight You may not like where I'm going But you sure know where I stand Hate me if you want to Love me if you can