about the worst that i could get there was the lead in my gut but the worst that you could give me is this lead in my cup i might be all washed up but i m a pretty good man sure i m hard as a nail and i will sell you the blood on my hands i m looking at you i m looking at you in the light of the star spangled evening in the name of the red white and blue my daddy said a man has got to fight to be free tucked his slogans into bed there with my brothers and me he d be prouder now if i had never come home i wear the shoes and the clothes and the crown of the soldier unknown i m looking at you i m looking at you in the light of the star spangled evening in the name of the red white and blue you say give me a break i say show me you re broken my lame and legless comrades have spoken say jump in a lake i say you got to be jokin where i come from the lake is smokin i will labor for your wages for the cash of the realm i will tell you all my stories you can write em down but you can save your tears for the names on the wall i m a living reminder that pride comes before a fall  i m looking at you i m looking at you in the light of the star spangled evening in the name of the red white and blue i m looking at you i m looking at you in the light of the star spangled evening in the name of the red white and blue