band : woodbox gang
album : white trash voodoo

the optimist

chorus
E Am D C E
i live each day like it’s my last and i think today will be
E Am D C E
but that is just the optimist that lies inside of me

verse 1
F Am
Daddy he got drafted by the will of uncle sam
F Am
by the hand of god and the vietcong he died in vietnam
F Am
mother couldn’t raise three kids but she could raise her hand
F C B7
every night my brother’s and my sister’s hides got tanned

verse 2
Daddy’s little soldier girl is in afghanistan
me i wander ’round this country wondering who the hell i Am
they said my brother was different but i didn’t give a damn
he got married in frisco and got murdered in alabam’