The Battle Of Charlottesville

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[Verse]

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General Robert E Lee, is sitting on a stallion right in front of me
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The town says they’re gonna take the old statue down
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So, White Supremacists come
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Snaking through the streets like something out of Genesis
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I can’t believe my eyes, neither side is gonna back down

[Chorus]

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When the war you’re fighting for
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Is born out of something disgraceful
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You ain’t fighting honourably, General Lee

[Verse]

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Friday night out on parade with their citronella tiki torches
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Townspeople left their porches to  block the way
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And you could hear the hate in the words they shout
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The camera caught their faces ‘fore the torch blew out
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You should have worn the hood, you’re up to no good, tomorrow’s judgement day

[Chorus]

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When the war you’re fighting for
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Is born out of something disgraceful
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You ain’t fighting honourably, General Lee

[Instrumental]

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[Verse]

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The Saturday protest got cancelled
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A helicopter crashed, it was too hot to handle
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Two cops down, skirmishes broke ‘round town
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Lives blown out like a candle, the President must love a scandal
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He wouldn’t take a side, though people died, and Heather Heyer got mowed down

[Chorus]

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When the war you’re fighting for
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Is born out of something disgraceful
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You ain’t fighting honourably, General Lee

[Bridge]

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For a hundred and fifty years
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We’ve come so far, but you haven’t moved an inch
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We will not flinch, there’s no one here to lynch

[Chorus]

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When the war you’re fighting for
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Is born out of something disgraceful
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You ain’t fighting honourably, General Lee

[Outro]

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General Lee
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General Lee