My Fathers Gun - Rickie Lee Jones

From this day on

I own my father’s gun

We dug a shallow grave

Beneath the sun

We laid his broken body down

Below the southern land

It’d never do to bury him

Where any Yankee stands

I take my horse

I ride the Northern plain

And wear the color of the free

And join the fight again

I will not rest until I know

The cause is fought and won

From this day on until I die

I’ll wear my father’s gun

I’d like to know where

The riverboats sail tonight, yeah, yeah

To New Orleans, hey

That’s just fine, alright

I hear they’re fighting there

And the company needs men

And oh up there?

slip us a rope

And sail around the bend (yeah, yeah, yeah)

As soon as this is over

We’ll all go home

And plant the seeds of justice

In our bones

And let the children growin' and playin'

And all the women stayed in hope

Laughing when the bells of freedom ring

And they’re gonna ring

I’d like to know where

The riverboats sail tonight, yeah, yeah

To New Orleans, hey

That’s just fine, alright

I hear they’re fighting there

And the company needs men

And oh ooh, slip us a rope

And sail around the bend

I’d like to know where

The riverboats sails tonight, yeah, huh

To New Orleans

That’s just fine, alright

You know we’re fighting there

And the company needs everybody

And oh I say I say slip us a rope

Sail around the bend

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Sail around the bend

To somewhere new

I won’t stop until I know

We’re gonna win

We’re gonna win

Ooh…