General Sherman Blues

from Death or Sunlight by The Barrelhousers

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lyrics

They came in droves
They came in droves
On a Northern wind
On a Northern Wind
He'll shake the ground
He'll shake the ground
With spoil and sin
With spoil and sin

But take a look down at your hands
They're awash with the blood of your kin
The blood of your kin

He'll scorch the earth
He'll scorch the earth
On which you stand
On which you stand
Oh, He'll put sorrow's stain
He'll put sorrow's stain
On scarlet sands
On scarlet sands

And you'll beg for the mercy
You never gave your fellow man
Your fellow man

Say your morning prayer
Say your morning prayer
Pray he don't come back
Pray he don't come back
Don't look behind
Don't look behind
On ruin and wrack
On ruin and wrack

With you or without you
The old road is going to fade into the black
Into the black

You better change your ways
You better change your ways
Of ignorance and hate
Of ignorance and hate
He's going to fill your heart
He's going to fill your heart
With so much weight
With so much weight

When Sherman comes a riding
They will be no escaping from your fate
Oh, From your fate

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from Death or Sunlight, track released April 22, 2012
Freeman Land: Vocals
Freddie Dilworth: Guitar
Ryan Pena: Banjo

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