Buried there at the foot of
He's better off he's standing still
Done some chores back in the day
Cut some rope and whittled away
He killed a man, he's a shame to see
Now he's cryin' in the fields
I don't want to kill nobody
I don't want to kill nobody
I don't want to feel like jackknife anymore.
When young Charles Consett
he bought some beads in a Bible store.
He wasn't sure what he was praying for,
And the en emy was a young boy,
shivering scared out in the cold.
Charles raised his gun and let it fold,
and the boy just ran away.
I don't want to kill nobody.
I don't want to kill nobody.
I don't want to feel like jackknife anymore
and Charles, Ma, and Pa were there
The sentence was what they feared
Let the muskets fire away."
his dad clenched his teeth
He fumbled with his beads
13 offices of the 123rd Illinois,
petitioned the highest office
that Charles Sendspeak commuted.
And on September 24, 1864,
in response to what they were asking for,
gave the order to open the stockade door
I don't want to kill nobody
I don't want to kill nobody
I don't want to feel like
Jackknife livin' out in the fields
He's better off, he's standin' still
He done his chores back in the day
Cut some rope and whittled away
He's cryin' in the fields
I don't wanna kill nobody
I don't wanna kill nobody
