Catoosa County

Catoosa County - Shawn Mullins

I turned 17 spring of 1861

And I killed 20 men 'fore I turned 21

20 holes and 20 men

20 holes they's buried in

There they lay in the cold red

Georgia play at catoosa county

I can hear the screaming

I can smell black powder burning

Cannon balls flying

And the gatling guns turning

Thousand souls a thousand men

A thousand holes they's buried in

Shallow graves in the cold heart

Georgia play at catoosa county

And the blue and the gray

Paint the colors of the light

How the old men found a way

To send the young men out to die

If I could I would place

A 100 billion dollar bounty

On the hate that makes a war

That digs graves at catoosa county

Night falling on the hills

And the blue moon comes a shining

And I can hear the weeper wail

And the incomprehensible whining

And all the souls of all the men roll

In the holes they's buried in

Blue and gray and the blood red

Georgia play at catoosa county

And the blue and the gray

Part the colors of the light

And it's true you can't pray

But even god ain't saying why

If I could I would

Place a 100 billion dollar bounty

On the hate that makes wars

That digs graves at catoosa county