Major General from Oh. (EP) by Chip & Drifty
Tracklist
| 1. | Major General | 5:36 |
Lyrics
Major General
The Major went down to the general store
To limp in to his-story
A 20-inch box for patella to toenail
To travel up the Potomac
Elbow to knee
Paper to pen
He didn’t know what to tell them…
I lost my mind the very first time…1859
Flowers for the missus, the missus gone amiss
In another mister’s trousers
I chased him down to Lafayette
Asked him for any last words
“O say can you see” was enough for me
I shot the son of a Francis Scott Key
Behind bars, I wait
Day turned a week
Counsel came to counsel me, desperate as can be
“I’ve got a crazy idea.
“You haven’t got a left leg left
To stand on,” Stanton said to me
They let me off I was the first not guilty
By reason of insanity
“With the compliments of Major General”
Sickles was his name
“With the compliments of Major General,
D.E.S.”
The second time I lost my mind…four years gone by
From Fredericksburg to Chancellorsville, the South gone bad at Gettysburg
Defiantly I stand
My many men met bayonets
A cannonball catches me
My leg is gone
I will remains
Chorus…
D.E.S.
Credits
Written, performed, arranged, recorded, produced, mixed and otherwise tinkered with by Chip & Drifty.
...except the bass, which was played by Mikael Jacobson.
