I'm wandering these streets alone   They don't feel like home   This once hallowed ground   Feels like a ghost town now   I'm on the street corners everyday   At night I drink it away.   And this flask that saved my life   Might be the death of me.      And no man in this city   Will take a chance on me   The color of my skin   Is all they see.      I was a hero when I came home   Now no one seems to know   And that medal that I received   Means nothing to me   I keep reading my momma's prayers   I find nothing in there   That makes any sense to me.      Her god   Is no more   Than a thief.      Gonna pack up   Gonna leave town   On a train car   Headed north bound   I'm gonna leave   I'm gonna leave.   With my lost hope   I'm gonna get out   Carry burdens,   Carry my guilt   I'm gonna leave      Carry burdens   Burdens   Burdens   My burdens   I watched the good men fall and brave boys die   Hearing soldiers sob in the dead of night   Every poor young soul that dies in vain   Every soldier lost in this country's name   I carry guilt and my shame   No pride and no name   Just burdens   Burdens   My burdens   My burdens      My guilt and my shame   No pride and no name   Just burdens