Now the war is finally lost and I am homeward bound Back to my farm in Georgia, I think has fallen down From a courthouse in Virginia, the South has died of shame Now I see the South surrender now Now the reds have won the game
It ain't easy, my lands been destroyed It ain't easy, to be a Southern boy
I joined the Georgia infantry and I fought for Southern pride I've sworn at this succession, my people are the whites Equality of races is a stupid northern dream Never worked, never will, as the future will reveal
It ain't easy, my lands been destroyed It ain't easy, to be a Southern boy
It ain't easy, my lands been destroyed It ain't easy, to be a Southern boy
I was even kept down in Gettysburg, when I fought on through the pain The tide of war was turning to the blue invaders gain, Augustus Frank Scum like him who start a war like this, who jumped right on traitors Why the hell he fights like this
It ain't easy, my lands been destroyed It ain't easy, to be a Southern boy
It ain't easy, my lands been destroyed It ain't easy, to be a Southern boy