I Ride At Dawn - Ben Harper, Charlie Musselwhite

Like my father

And his father

And his father before

Watched the soil burn with fire

War after war

Done things I didn’t know I could

For the common good

Tomorrow I ride at dawn

Give a man a hundred years

He’ll want a hundred more

Give him a hundred choices

And he still chooses war

From Salem poor to Genghis Kahn

Tomorrow I ride at dawn

I was born for battle

I was born to bleed

I was born to help those

Who have dreams of being free

Mother stop your crying

Sister dry your eyes

You’ll hear my medals ringing

From Shreveport to Sheberghan

Tomorrow I ride at dawn

At first light I march to battle

Not my own life but my brothers I must save

And when you hear those pipes and drummers

You’ll know I marched to glory or proudly to my grave

Tell my loved ones they must carry on

Tomorrow I ride at dawn