The Kid

歌詞

Your mother died night you were born Her name you never knew Look away, Look away Nothing to lose Left East Tennessee at fourteen Wandered to the West Look away, Look away Born into death You fought the sailors in New Orleans You worked the flatboats and walked the streets Hit Nacogdoches in '49 And there we met for the very first time Kid don't you know me? We are the last of the true Drink up! Drink up! Drink up! Drink up! Cause tonight your soul's required of you Signed on with a stone mad captain Rode on Mexico Look away, Look away War behold Jailed with killers one and all But we were killers free Look away, Look away Look to me You saw the lancers 'mid heathen hordes Bloodstained veils and costumes of war Hell ain't half full boy hear me War is the game and the god we seek We set out as men of reason Armed with Navy Colts Look away, Look away Work paid in gold But you stood witness to yourself Our trial you did betray Look away, Look away To judgment day We killed in the desert we killed in the streets We chose what shall and shall not be We stood with pistols, fought back to back Now you've stood your ground but what ground is that?