Sick and tired of Gettysburg, they made me write it down
That was such a heavy word for me to carry around
Just a young American, another pretty slave
Trying to get to heaven, man, like all the billboards say
ohhhhh ohhhhhh ohhhhhh
ohhhhh ohhhhhh ohhhhhh
I found you dancing, girl, there between the pines
Every, everything I've learned went running out into the night
You named me baby blue, took my shaky hands
Loved me for a year or two, then danced away again
ohhhhh ohhhhhh ohhhhhh
ohhhhh ohhhhhh ohhhhhh
Now I guess I understand, it took a while to learn
You were trying to teach me that, to damn the heavy words
Meet me down in Gettysburg, hold me in the shade
Rolling on the very earth where dying boys had laid
Where dying boys had laid
Come on down if you can