Peter Mayer
Charlie Porter
My name is Charlie PorterI was a union soldierIn '61, I signed up to fightAnd it was a great adventureBut I have to tell youNot the fairytale I had in mindAnd when General Lee surrenderedAnd victory finally arrivedI heard no one hoot or hollerNo hip-hurray for the stars and stripesWe only criedBack when it startedProud and foolish heartedI thought I had a taste for rebel bloodBut we were only childrenThey killed us and we killed themAnd the misery and the dying made us numbBy then, holding back the sorrowWas kind of like holding back the tideThe men did not hoot or hollerNor hip-hurray for the stars and stripesWe only criedLetras de cancionesAnd oh, victory seems hollowAt the price of half a million livesA cold and weary stillness followsYou hear no hip-hurray for stars and stripesYou only cry
From Letras Mania