I think sometimes war is necessary   But I pray every night for peace on Earth   I hand out my dollars to the homeless   But believe that every able soul should work      My daddy gave me my shotgun    That I'll hand down to my son   Try to teach him everything it means      I'm a man of my convictions   Call me wrong, call me right   But I bring my better angels to every fight   You may not like where I'm going   But you sure know where I stand   So hate me if you want to   But love me if you can      I stand by the right to speak freely   But I worry 'bout what kids learn from TV    And before all this debatin' turns to angry words and hate   Maybe we should just agree to disagree   And I believe that Jesus looks down here and sees us   And if you ask him he would say      I'm a man of my convictions   Call me wrong, call me right   But I bring my better angels to every fight   You may not like where I'm going   But you sure know where I stand   So hate me if you want to   But love me if you can      You may not like where I'm going   But you sure know where I stand   So go on hate me if you want to    But love me if you can   Yeah love me if you can