Your mother died night you were born her name you never knew look away look away nothing to loose
left east tenneessee at fourteen wonderd to the west look away look away born into death
you fought the salors in New Orleans you worked the flat boats and walked the streets hit Nachdogdes in '49 and there you saw the devil for the very first time
(chorus) kid don't you know me we are the last of the true drink up drink up drink up drink up cause tonight your souls required of you
Signed on with a stone mad captian rode on mexico look away look away war behold jailed with killers one and all but we were killers free look away look away look to me
you saw the lancers 'mid heathen hordes bloodstained viels and costumes of war hell aint that full boy hear me war is the game and the god we seek
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we set out as men of reason armed with navy colts look away look away work paid in gold
but you stood witness to yourself our trial you did betray look away look away to judgement day
we killed in the dessert we killed in the streets we choose what shall and shall not be we stood with pistols fought back to back now youve stood your ground but what ground is that