by Clayton Barnes

Created on: June 24, 2010

GHOSTS OF GETTYSBURG:

The sky was dark with sulfur and smoke

The smell of death was hanging in the air

The sound of war was filling up my senses

I try, but can’t forget what happened there

The field was soaked with blood and sweat and tears

As blue and gray turned quickly into red

And still the battle rages on inside my dreams

I close my eyes and I can see the dead

I can still hear the ghosts of Gettysburg calling

Marching onward through the fog at night

I can still hear the ghosts of Gettysburg calling

Marching every time I close my eyes

I can still hear the ghosts of Gettysburg calling

I will never be free, from the ghosts that still haunt me

I still hear the ghosts of Gettysburg

I see the fallen soldiers all around me

As brothers battle onward through the night

And I forgot all the reasons we were fighting

Victory came at much too high a price

And all I want to do is just forget

Everything that ever happened here

I’m drowning in a sea of tears and regret

I’ve lost my soul and all that I hold dear

I can still hear the ghosts of Gettysburg calling

Marching onward through the fog at night

I can still hear the ghosts of Gettysburg calling

Marching every time I close my eyes

I can still hear the ghosts of Gettysburg calling

Oh I will never be free, from the ghosts that still haunt me

I still hear the ghosts of Gettysburg

No reason left to fight, but hate

No destiny except for fate

No time to think of fallen friends

No hope to see my wife again

No bullets left inside my gun

No tears to cry, no drum to beat

I wish that I could turn and run

But there’s no trumpet for retreat

I can still hear the ghosts of Gettysburg calling

Marching onward through the fog at night

I can still hear the ghosts of Gettysburg calling

Marching every time I close my eyes

I can still hear the ghosts of Gettysburg calling

Oh I will never be free, from the ghosts that still haunt me

I still hear the ghosts of Gettysburg

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