One last time

Relax, have a drink with me

One last time

Let’s take a break tonight

And then we’ll teach them how to say goodbye

To say goodbye

You and I

I was younger than you are now
When I was given my first command
I led my men straight into a massacre
I witnessed their deaths firsthand

I made every mistake
I felt the shame rise in me

And even now I lie awake

Knowing history has it's eyes on me

Check it—
Can I be real a second?

For just a millisecond?

Let down my guard and tell the people how I feel a second?

Now I’m the model of a modern major general
The venerated Virginian veteran whose men are all
Lining up, to put me up on a pedestal

Writin’ letters to relatives
Embellishin’ my elegance and eloquence

But the elephant is in the room

The truth is in ya face when ya hear the British cannons go…

Boom!