Just a mile or so away Is my dearest friend in this world He wears the blue and I, the grey And God, it hurts me so The last time we were together I grabbed his hand and I pledged If I ever draw my sword on you May the good Lord strike me dead The union flank's in trouble To the round top on the double A bad decision, insubordination Exposed our line in a dangerous way The burden lies upon us Surrender is not an option We are the flank and if we break The union crumbles, we could lose the war Down below's the carnage The rebels charging onward Push the slaughter forward, the peach orchard Through the wheat field and devil's den The valor of the Texans And Alabama's best men They're unrelenting and devastating The last full measure of devotion's clear We'll know what we're made of When up against all odds, we hold our line For the cause that we so love We must hold at all costs We'll know what we're made of When our nation needs us We'll stay the course for the union we so love We must hold at all costs Wave after wave, they are coming Their power must be waning We're out of ammo, we can't fall back, no A desperate measure, a means to end On their next wave, we charge them There is no other option Disconcert them, force submission On my command, fix bayonets We'll know what we're made of When up against all odds, we hold our line For the cause that we so love We must hold at all costs We'll know what we're made of When our nation needs us We'll stay the course for the union we so love We must hold at all costs We'll know what we're made of (The burden lies with us) When up against all odds, we hold our line (We can't fail) (For the cause that we so love) For the cause that we so love We must hold at all costs We'll know what we're made of (With courage in our hearts) When our nation needs us, we'll stay the course (We won't fail) (For the union we so love) For the union we so love We must hold at all cost
Just a mile or so away Is my dearest friend in this world He wears the blue and I, the grey And God, it hurts me so The last time we were together I grabbed his hand and I pledged If I ever draw my sword on you May the good Lord strike me dead The union flank's in trouble To the round top on the double A bad decision, insubordination Exposed our line in a dangerous way The burden lies upon us Surrender is not an option We are the flank and if we break The union crumbles, we could lose the war Down below's the carnage The rebels charging onward Push the slaughter forward, the peach orchard Through the wheat field and devil's den The valor of the Texans And Alabama's best men They're unrelenting and devastating The last full measure of devotion's clear We'll know what we're made of When up against all odds, we hold our line For the cause that we so love We must hold at all costs We'll know what we're made of When our nation needs us We'll stay the course for the union we so love We must hold at all costs Wave after wave, they are coming Their power must be waning We're out of ammo, we can't fall back, no A desperate measure, a means to end On their next wave, we charge them There is no other option Disconcert them, force submission On my command, fix bayonets We'll know what we're made of When up against all odds, we hold our line For the cause that we so love We must hold at all costs We'll know what we're made of When our nation needs us We'll stay the course for the union we so love We must hold at all costs We'll know what we're made of (The burden lies with us) When up against all odds, we hold our line (We can't fail) (For the cause that we so love) For the cause that we so love We must hold at all costs We'll know what we're made of (With courage in our hearts) When our nation needs us, we'll stay the course (We won't fail) (For the union we so love) For the union we so love We must hold at all cost
