Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song The General, artist - Dispatch. Album song End the Violence!!, in the genre Иностранный рок
Date of issue: 17.09.2020
Record label: AWAL Recordings America, Bomber
Song language: English
The General |
There was a decorated general with a heart of gold |
That likened him with all the stories he told |
Of past battles, won and lost and legends of old |
A seasoned veteran in his own time |
But on the battlefield, he gained respectable fame |
With many metals 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 great battle with the infantry in dream |
The old general tossed in his sleep and he was amazed |
He awoke from the night just 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 the 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, oh |
And I’ve seen their mothers |
And I will no other to follow me where I’m going |
So, so take a shower and shine your shoes |
You got no time to lose |
You’re young men, you must be living, yeah |
Take a shower and shine your shoes |
You got no time to lose |
You’re 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 old general told he would do his own duty but he would extend it no further |
You can go as you pleased |
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 |
(Repeat CHORUS) |
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 gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta |
Yeah yeah |