Brave men fall with a battle cry
Tears fill the eyes of their loved ones
And so it went for Joseph Warren
It should have been different,
His rank could've saved him
but a country unborn needs bravery
And it spread like wildfire
From the ashes grew sweet liberty
Like the seeds of the pines
They open up to grow and burn again
And it should've been different,
But too much money rolled in
And the cry for war spread like wildfire
Civil war came and civil war went
Brother fought brother, the South was spent
But its true demise was hatred
passed down through the years
And it should have been different,
of holding too firm to history
Then it burns like wildfire
I was born a southern son
where the rebels run wild
They beat their chests and they swear,
And it should have been different,
The day that old Warren died,
hate should've gone with him
But here we are caught in a wildfire
