That Man I Shot

That man I shot

He was trying to kill me

He was trying to kill me

He was trying to kill me

That man I shot

I didn't know him

I was doing my job

Maybe so was he

That man I shot

I was in his homeland

I was there to help him

But he didn't want me there

I did not hate him

I still don't hate him

He was trying to kill me

And I had to take him down

That man I shot

I still can see him

When I should be sleeping

Tossing and turning

He's looking at me

Eyes looking through me

Broke out in cold sweats

When I see him standing there

That man I shot

Shot not in anger

There's no denying

It was in self-defense

But when I close my eyes

I still can see him

I feel his last breath

In the calm dead of night

That man I shot

He was trying to kill me

He was trying to kill me

He was trying to kill me

Sometimes I wonder

If I should be there

I hold my little ones

Until he disappears

I hold my little ones

Until he disappears

I hold my little ones

Until we disappear

And I'm not crazy

Or at least I never was

But there's this big thing

I can't get rid of

That man I shot

Did he have little ones

That he was so proud of

That he won't see grow up?

Was walking down his street?

Maybe I was in his yard

Was trying to do good

I just don't understand

I just don't understand

I just don't understand