God Bless Robert E.Lee lyrics

[Intro]
When Robert E. Lee surrendered 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 coming up
Would cost about twenty-thousand lives on both sides
And he said two-hundred and forty-thousand 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

[Verse 1]
Well, the mansion where the General used to live is burning down
Cottonfields are blue with Sherman's troops
I overheard a Yankee say yesterday Nashville fell
So I'm on my way to join the fight, General Lee might need my help

[Chorus]
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

[Verse 2]
Sherman's troops burned Atlanta and the flames lit up the sky
And those of us who survived it are watching my Dixie die
But today at Appomattox General Lee sat down
And surrendered to the Yankees and Ulysses S. Grant
[Chorus]
So look away, look away, Dixie
I don't want them to see
What they're doing to my Dixie
God bless Robert E. Lee

[Verse 3]
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