Home of the Brave

[Verse 1]
The school board won't let him come to school no more
(No more! No more! No more!)
Unless he wears his hair like he wore it before
(Wears his hair like he wore it before)

[Pre-Chorus 1]
The PTA and all of the mothers
Say he oughta look like the others

[Chorus]
Home of the brave
Land of the free
Oh, why won't they let him be what he wants to be?
(Why won't they let him be what he wants to be?)

[Verse 2]
The kids all laugh at his hair and his funny clothes
(They know they hurt him so)
More than once, he's gone home with a bloody nose
(Gone home with a bloody nose)

[Pre-Chorus 2]
He's not like them, and they can't ignore it
So they all hate him for it

[Chorus]
Home of the brave
Land of the free
Oh why won't they let him be what he wants to be?

[Bridge]
He never hurt nobody
Doesn't he belong?
'Cause he's a little bit different
Tell me why is that so wrong

[Verse 3]
Everybody says that I shouldn't take his part
(No, no, no, no no, no)
But when they put him down how it breaks my heart
(How it breaks my heart)

[Pre-Chorus 3]
Instead of all the trouble they hand him
Why don't they try to understand him?

[Chorus]
Home of the brave
Land of the free
Oh, why won't they let him be what he wants to be?

[Chorus/Outro]
Home of the brave
Land of the free
Oh, why won't they let him be what he wants to be?
(Why won't They let him be what he wants to be?)
He never hurt nobody
Why won't they let him be what he wants to be?
(Why won't they let him be what he wants to be?)
Don't you understand him?