Catoosa County Lyrics - Light You Up - Shawn Mullins

I turned 17, spring of 1861 

And I killed 20 men 'fore I turned 21 

20 holes and 20 men, 20 holes they's buried in 

There they lay in the cold red Georgia play at Catoosa County 

I can hear the screaming, I can smell black powder burning 

Cannon balls flying and the Gatling guns turning 

Thousand souls, a thousand men, a thousand holes they's buried in 

Shallow graves in the cold heart Georgia play at Catoosa County 

And the blue and the gray, paint the colors of the light 

How the old men found a way to send the young men out to die 

If I could I would place a 100 billion dollar bounty 

On the hate that makes a war that digs graves at Catoosa County 

Night falling on the hills and the blue moon comes a-shining 

And I can hear the weeper wail and the [Incomprehensible] whining 

And all the souls of all the men roll in the holes they's buried in 

Blue and gray and the blood red Georgia play at Catoosa County