turned 17, spring of 1861
And I killed 20 men 'fore I turned 21
20 holes in 20 men, 20 holes they was buried in
There they lay in the cold red Georgia clay at Catoosa County
I can hear the screaming, I can smell black powder burning
Cannon b**** flying and the Gatling guns a-turning
Thousand souls, a thousand men, a thousand holes they's buried in
Shallow graves in the cold hard Georgia clay at Catoosa County
And the blue and the gray, paint the colors of the light
How the old men found a way to send the young men off to die
If I could I would place a 100 billion dollar bounty
On the hate that makes a war that digs graves at Catoosa County
Night falling on the hills and the fullmoon comes a-shining
And I can hear the whipper will and the coyotes go to whining
And all the souls of all the men roll in the holes they's buried in
Blue and gray in the blood red Georgia clay at Catoosa County
And the blue and the gray, are the colors of the light
And it's true you can pray but even God ain't saying why
If I could I would place a 100 billion dollar bounty
On the hate that makes wars that dig the graves at Catoosa County.
And I killed 20 men 'fore I turned 21
20 holes in 20 men, 20 holes they was buried in
There they lay in the cold red Georgia clay at Catoosa County
I can hear the screaming, I can smell black powder burning
Cannon b**** flying and the Gatling guns a-turning
Thousand souls, a thousand men, a thousand holes they's buried in
Shallow graves in the cold hard Georgia clay at Catoosa County
And the blue and the gray, paint the colors of the light
How the old men found a way to send the young men off to die
If I could I would place a 100 billion dollar bounty
On the hate that makes a war that digs graves at Catoosa County
Night falling on the hills and the fullmoon comes a-shining
And I can hear the whipper will and the coyotes go to whining
And all the souls of all the men roll in the holes they's buried in
Blue and gray in the blood red Georgia clay at Catoosa County
And the blue and the gray, are the colors of the light
And it's true you can pray but even God ain't saying why
If I could I would place a 100 billion dollar bounty
On the hate that makes wars that dig the graves at Catoosa County.