The General lyrics

Artist  : Dispatch 
Song : The General



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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….