God Bless Robert E. Lee
When Robert E. Lee surrended the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis was upset about it
He said how dare that man resent an order
From the president of the Confederate States of America
Then somebody told him that General Lee
Had made the decision himself in order to save lives
Because he felt that the battle comin' up
Would cost about 20 000 lives on both sides
And he said 240 000 dead already is enough
So this song is not about the North or the South
But about the bloody brother war
Brother against brother father against son
The war that nobody won
And for all those lives that were saved
I gotta say God bless Robert E. Lee
Well the mansion where the General used to live
Is burning down
Cottonfields are blue with Sherman's troups
I overheard a yankee say yesterday Nashville fell
So I'm on my way to join the fight
General Lee might need my help
But look away, look away, Dixie, I don't want them to see
What they're doing to my Dixie, God bless Robert E. Lee
Sherman's troups burned Atlanta
And the flames lit up the sky
And those of us who survived it
Are watchin' my Dixie die
But today at Appamattox General Lee sat down
And surrended to the yankees and Ulysses S. Grant
So look away look away, Dixie...
I won't ever stop loving you, my Dixie
Till they put me in the ground
And the last words they probably hear from me
Are God bless Robert E. Lee
