Great Grandaddy's War

I can’t remember the last time I saw a real smile
Just faces made for pictures just across the aisle
I was born on this team I was born to win
Lord have mercy on the others and forgive their sins
I know that I’m supposed to be angry
For the life of my I can’t figure out what for
If I can lie down with someone who loves me
Instead of dying in my great-granddaddy's war
We were born here crying with our egos bruised
Below the Mason Dixon with the red state blues
We got a lot of heroes here screaming southern pride
But a hero is just a villain to the other side
There’s a hundred years of bitterness in our blood
And it flows with the conviction of a forty-day flood
Until we’re out of ammunition and the rivers run red
Over what Jesus meant but what he never said
I know that I’m supposed to be angry
For the life of my I can’t figure out what for
If I canlie down with someone who loves me
Instead of dying in my great-granddaddy's war
Oh pass me down that passion
And those blue eyes
Give me that strong back and thinning hair
I’ll take those callused hand and I will use them for good
But let me choose my own cross to bear
'cause they’re heavier down here
I swear they’re heavier down here
I know that I’m supposed to be angry
For the life of my I can’t figure out what for
I believe that I’d be fortunate to die here
But I ain’t dying in my great-grandaddy's war
I don’t wanna die in my great-granddaddy's war
I ain’t dying in my great-granddaddy's war