The General Lyrics

The General lyrics

There was a decorated General with a heart of gold
That likened him to all
the stories he told
Of past battles won and lost and legends of old
A
seasoned veteran in his own time
On the battlefield he gained respect for
fame
With many metals of bravery and stripes to his name
He grew a beard
as soon as he could to cover the scars on his face
And always urged his men
on
But on the eve of great battle with the infantry and dream
The old
general tossed in his sleep and wrestled with its meaning
He awoke from that
night to tell what he had seen
And walked slowly out of his tent
All the
men held tall with their chests in the air
With the courage in their blood
and a fire in their stare
And it was a gray morning and they all wondered
how they would fair
Till the old general told them to go
home



Chorus:
He said,
I have seen the others and I have
discovered that this fight is not worth fighting
And I’ve have seen their
mothers and I will no other to follow me where I’m going
So, take your
shower, shine your shoes
You got no time to lose
You are young men you
must be living
Take your shower, shine your shoes
Well, you got no time
to lose
You are young men you must be living
Go now you are
forgiven

But the men stood fast with their guns on their
shoulders
Not knowing what to do with the contradicting orders
The
general said he would do his own duty
But he would extend it no
further
The men could go as they pleased
But not a man moved their eyes
gazed straight ahead
Till one by one they stepped back and not a word was
said
And the old general was left with his own words echoing in his
head
He then prepared to fight

Chorus
He said,
I have seen the
others and I have discovered that this fight is not worth fighting
And
I’ve have seen their mothers and I will no other to follow me where I’m
going
So, take your shower, shine your shoes
You got no time to
lose
You are young men you must be living
Take your shower, shine your
shoes
Well, you got no time to lose
You are young men you must be
living
Go now you are forgiven


Go now you are forgiven
Go now
you are forgiven
Go now you are forgiven
Go now you are forgiven….