The Day The Sun Stood Still Lyrics - Travis Tritt

We were young and bound for glory 

Itchin' for a fight like you 

Bringin' hell and purgatory 

To the boys who wore the blue. 

And I thought I'd seen it all 

Till the day night wouldn't fall 

Oh, how the sun did blaze 

Wouldn't go down for days. 

I got shot and lost my rifle 

When the first wave hit the rise 

And the guns rolled out like thunder 

And the black smoke burned my eyes. 

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And I watched it all unfold 

Just the way the Bible told 

Joshua's endless day 

Keepin' the night at bay. 

And the soldiers kept a comin' 

'Til the ground looked like a sea 

Of blue and grey 

And I watched it from a distance 

Wonderin' if I would've fought or run away. 

The day the sun stood still 

How they beat the bloody drums 

And the seconds moved like hours 

But the sunset never comes. 

And the cannons shake the ground 

And the bullets test your will 

Even shadows found no cover 

On that God forsaken hill 

The day the sun stood still. 

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I watched them lean their shoulders 

To the fearful hail of lead 

And I prayed for night to save us 

And I cried and bowed my head. 

Bt the sun just kept a-creepin' 

'Cross a cold indifferent sky 

Castin' a deadly glow 

On all the men below. 

All the hours in a lifetime 

Don't add up to one whole minute in that sun 

And the heroes and the cowards 

Look the same when they have fallen by the gun 

The day the sun stood still. 

And the north and south looked west 

But the evening star was sleeping 

And the daylight wouldn't rest 

Out on the killing floor. 

The red sun on the the hill 

Shinin' down on all the dead men 

With a strange and eerie chill 

The day the sun stood still. 

Do not judge what you brother does 

'Til you've walked a mile 

Rank by bloody file 

Who's to say if you'll run or stay and fight? 

The day the sun stood still 

Is just beneath the skin 

In the soul of every soldier 

Every battle that he's in. 

The day the sun stood still 

Will haunt your dreams at night 

And stalk your every sunrise 

Though you will not know it till. 

The day the sun stood still 

How they beat the bloody drums 

And the seconds moved like hours 

But the sunset never comes. 

And the cannons shake the ground 

And the bullets test your will 

Even shadows found no cover 

On that God forsaken hill 

The day the sun stood still. 

The day the sun stood still. 

The day the sun stood still...