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I read your letter about a hundred times today.
Thought I'd better write before I'm on my way.
We're movin' now...
Just where, I can't say.
The Indiana snow fell mighty deep I hear.
So winter wheat should fetch a handsome price this year.
We'll be alright when I get outta here.
One more month livin' by the sword...
One last valley to march through...
Thirty days 'til i climb aboard that northbound train...
Back home to you.
I met a southern boy down here in Tennessee.
He must've been about the same age as me
Both as scared as two men could be...
We talked across the lines 'til break of day,
And while we talked there wasn't any blue or gray.
Just some things two farm-boys will say.
His voice dropped sweet as a mockingbird.
The drownin' rain and weather.
Once that night we both swore we heard the whistle call...
Of a northbound train.
I asked him what he was fighting for.
He said' "'Cuz Yankee, your down here."
I said, "That's something I can understand."
But I'm the son of an Indian, a volunteer...
Just tryin' to march through all this fear...
Long enough to catch that northbound train...
And Abby when I finally get back home to you...
Don't ask me nothin' 'bout the things I've had to do.
It'd chill your soul...
and break your heart in two.
I ain't the same, Lord knows I've seen some fearful things.
And I've heard the breathless beat of angel's wings.
From the bullets fly, and the saber swings.
One more month livin' by the sword...
One last valley to march through...
Thirty days 'til i climb aboard that northbound train...
Talkin' bout a northbound train.
Oh that northbound train.

Last Update: June, 10th 2013

Civil War: The Complete Work, The Lyrics

  1. Disk 1
  2. Prologue
  3. Brother, My Brother
  4. Lincoln: The Better Angels Of Our Nature
  5. By The Sword/Sons Of Dixie
  6. Tell My Father
  7. My Name Is Fredrick Douglass
  8. Freedom's Child
  9. Missing You (My Bill)
  10. If Prayin' Were Horses
  11. Virginia
  12. The Day The Sun Stood Still
  13. Oh, Be Joyful!
  14. Frederick Douglass: The Destiny Of America
  15. Father How Long?
  16. Reprise: Brother, My Brother
  17. A Nurse's Diary
  18. I Never Knew His Name
  19. Still I Rise
  20. River Jordan
  21. Disk 2
  22. Lincoln: The Bottom Is Out Of The Tub
  23. How Many Devils?
  24. Old Gray Coat
  25. With These Hands
  26. The White House At Night
  27. A Candle In The Window
  28. Greenback
  29. Sojourner Truth: Ain't I A Woman?
  30. Someday Lyrics 
  31. Regimental Drummer Lyrics 
  32. I'll Never Pass This Way Again
  33. Lincoln: Letter To Mrs. Bixby
  34. Five Boys Lyrics 
  35. Judgment Day Lyrics 
  36. Sarah
  37. The Honor Of Your Name
  38. Northbound Train
  39. Last Waltz For Dixie
  40. In Great Deeds
  41. For The Glory

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