Andersonville

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Pray for me, my darling That peace might come to pass The devil finally laid to rest The carnage done at last We may have left at seventeen Before boys are men But the ladies, they will all turn out When we come home again [Verse 2] We were locked in hell in Andersonville In shebangs hot and stinking The stream we use as our latrine Gives water for our drinking And a hundred of us daily die To fill those fresh-dug graves Ah, but the ladies they will all turn out When we come home again [Verse 3] Rumors spawn and rumors die On the rocks of the Georgia sun And hope is just a luxury You learn not to count on Oh Hannah, may you never see The sights that I have seen Nor the ladies who will all turn out If we come home again [Bridge] So I watch the strong and fearless Reduced and disgraced Each day the heart of twisted man Stares me in the face So I pray for death to take me Just like it did my friends The ladies, they will all turn out When the coffins are brought in [Verse 4] At night I say my prayers And then I hold you to my breast And I'm reading through the Testament You gave me for last Christmas I swear I heard the children laugh Or was it angels on the plains? Or the ladies--had they all turned out 'Cause we came home again? [Outro] Or the ladies who had all turned out 'Cause we came home again Or the ladies who had all turned out 'Cause we came home again