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Scott Orr - Tell My Mother

from Round 39, Week 9 by Monday Morning 3AM Music Club

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Tell my mother I died for my country.
Tell my mother I died a free man.
Tell my mother I tried. Tell my mother I died.

I was more accustomed to looking up from the stage, not down on it.
Still, I felt at home, I'd been there so many times before.
I was born to play this role, I gave the performance of my life.
I played it well.

Someone had to do it, sure as hell wasn't General Lee.
Johnston kept on trying, but his chances, well, they didn't look so good.
A few of us, we thought the time was right. We made a plan.
We tried to save us all.

Tell my mother I died for my country.
Tell my mother I died a free man.
Tell my mother I tried. Tell my mother I died.

We made it over to Virginia, we thought we got away, but they found us.
Herold gave up right away, but not me, I'm the leading man.
They set the barn on fire, so I went out in a blaze of glory.
Mom, I shined.

"Useless, useless" was all that I could mutter.
Maybe not my best line, but I said it with aplomb.
This was my defining role, I know they'll remember who I am.
Mom, I shined.

Tell my mother I died for my country.
Tell my mother I died a free man.
Tell my mother I tried. Tell my mother I died.

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from Round 39, Week 9, released January 9, 2023

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