The General Lyrics - Bang Bang - Dispatch

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 respectable fame 

With many medals 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 a great battle with the infantry in dream 

The old general tossed in his sleep and wrestled with its meaning 

He awoke from the 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 courage in their blood and a fire in their stare 

It was a gray morning and they all wondered how they would fare 

Till the old general told them to go home 

He said, "I have seen the others and I have discovered 

That this fight is not worth fighting 

and I've seen their mothers 

And I will no other to follow me where I'm going" 

So take a shower and shine your shoes you got no time to lose 

You are young men you must be living, yeah 

Take a shower and shine your shoes 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 

He said, "I have seen the others and I have discovered 

That this fight is not worth fighting 

Oh and I've seen their mothers 

And I'll will no other to follow me where I'm going" 

So take a shower and shine your shoes you got no time to lose 

You are young men you must be living, yeah 

Take a shower and shine your shoes 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 

Go now you are forgiven 

Go now you are forgiven 

Go now you are forgiven 

Go 

Go now you are forgiven 

Go now you are forgiven 

Go now you are forgiven 

Go 

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