I hear people talkin' bad   About the way we have to live here in this country   Harpin' on the wars we fight   An' gripin' 'bout the way things oughta be      An' I don't mind 'em switchin' sides   An' standin' up for things they believe in   When they're runnin' down my country, man   They're walkin' on the fightin' side of me      Yeah, walkin' on the fightin' side of me   Runnin' down the way of life   Our fightin' men have fought and died to keep      If you don't love it, leave it   Let this song I'm singin' be a warnin'   You're runnin' down my country, man   You're walkin' on the fightin' side of me      I read about some squirrelly guy   Who claims, he just don't believe in fightin'   An' I wonder just how long   The rest of us can count on bein' free      They love our milk an' honey   But they preach about some other way of livin'   When they're runnin' down my country, hoss   They're walkin' on the fightin' side of me      Yeah, walkin' on the fightin' side of me   Runnin' down the way of life   Our fightin' men have fought and died to keep      If you don't love it, leave it   Let this song I'm singin' be a warnin'   But you're runnin' down my country, man   You're walkin' on the fightin' side of me      Yeah, walkin' on the fightin' side of me   Runnin' down the way of life   Our fightin' men have fought and died to keep      Yeah if you don't love it, leave it   Let this song I'm singin' be a warnin'   And you're runnin' down my country, man   You're walkin' on the fightin' side of me