Your mother died night you were born nHer name you never knewnLook away, look awaynNothing to lose nnLeft East Tennessee at fourteen nWandered to the WestnLook away, look awaynBorn into death nnYou fought the sailors in New Orleans nYou worked the flatboats and walked the streetsnHit Nacogdoches in ‘49nAnd there we met for the very first time nnKid don’t you know me?nWe are the last of the truenDrink up! Drink up!nDrink up! Drink up!nCause tonight your soul’s required of younnSigned on with a stone mad captainnRode on MexiconLook away, look awaynWar beholdnJailed with killers one and allnBut we were killers freenLook away, look awaynLook at mennYou saw the lancers ‘mid heathen hordesnBloodstained veils and costumes of warnHell ain’t half full boy hear menWar is the game and the god we seeknnWe set out as men of reasonnArmed with Navy ColtsnLook away, look awaynWork paid in goldnnBut you stood witness to yourselfnOur trial you did betraynLook away, look awaynTo judgment daynnWe killed in the desert we killed in the streetsnWe chose what shall and shall not benWe stood with pistols, fought back to backnNow you’ve stood you’re ground but what ground is that?