Johnny Cash performs 'The Cost of Staying Home,' a powerful, anti-establishment ballad that critiques the government's role in sending men to war while women and children are left behind, highlighting societal hypocrisy and materialism.
Verse 1:
Women and the children stay at home,
Government tells the men to go,
Fight wars,
And die,
Get their money's worth,
Don't cry.
Chorus 1:
Love your neighbor, that's what they say,
But forget to love when their neighbor don't pray,
Oh Lord,
Just why,
Don't you think,
Just lie.
Verse 2:
Money's a drug, we're all addicts,
Those above us choose who has it,
No thanks,
I'm fine,
I'll live,
This life.
Chorus 2:
Love your neighbor, that's what they say,
But forget to love when their neighbor don't pray,
Oh Lord,
Just why,
Don't you think,
Just lie.
Outro:
Living this life, one day at a time,
Question the rules, and break from the line,
Oh Lord,
I try,
To love,
Not lie.
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Women and the children stay at home,
Government tells the men to go
Fight wars
And die
Get their Money's worth
Don't cry.
Love your neighbor,That's what they say
But forget to love when their neighbor don't pray
Oh lord
Just why
Don't you think
Just lie
Money's a drug, we're all addicts,
Those above us choose who has it
No thanks
I'm fine
I'll live
This life
Johnny Cash, anti-government, ant-establishmentism, anti-religious indoctrination