HOME OF THE BRAVE
(Cynthia Weil - Barry Mann)

The school board says he can't come to school no more
Unless he wears his hair like he wore it before
The PTA and all the mothers say he ought to look like the others
Home of the brave land of the free
Why won't you let him be what he wants to be

The kids all laugh at his hair and his funny clothes
And more than once he's gone home with a bloody nose
He's not like them and they can't ignore it so they all hate him for it
Home of the brave...

It really burns me up when they put him down
He's the only one saying something in this whole town
Instead of those the trouble they hand him why don't they try to understand him
Home of the brave...
He never hurt nobody why won't you let him be what he wants to be
He's just a little bit different why won't you let him be what he wants to be
You got to understand him why won't you let him be what he wants to be
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