First Skirmishes Of The War

from Future Looks As Bleak As The Past (2017) by all my nights are dreams

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the first skirmishes of the war

born in the river and the river ran dry
raised in the country where the countrymen died
fields on fire and the horse laid down-
old folks in the city turn round and round

no seeds to sow or crops to take in
but the graves are full and our belly's thin
what trees are left can't spare their shade-
can't ask the lord for mercy when there's hell to pay

in the first skirmishes of the war
who will be left at home when they darken your door
the sun no longer sets in the west-
when they pin that star upon your chest

in the long days of '61
don't know nobody
in Charleston
and the moss hangs from the Angel Oak
left Fort Moultrie
in a cloud of smoke

brother against brother i know
no man untouched by this time of woe
at supper they serve the queerest things
but we're eating better than most this spring

rains won't let and the mud won't end
sores on my feet too damp to mend
send my love to Louisa May
i'll see y'all soon if we survive the grays

in the first skirmishes of the war
unlike anything that had come before
the sky was thunderous cruel and mean
we were all cutoff under siege

in the long days of '61
don't know nobody
in Charleston
and the moss hangs from the Angel Oak
left Fort Moultrie
in a cloud of smoke

in the hard days of '61
watched for ironclads
and naval guns
the moss drops from the Angel Oak
no man had fell
but war had broke

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from Future Looks As Bleak As The Past (2017), released August 8, 2017
Landon Gow

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