General On The Road
v4
@Trầm Thu Thảo
General On The Road
v4
@Trầm Thu Thảo
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Far off settlements
Built from tin and bone
Wind through the broken fence
Dust on every stone
Raiders roll in hard
Take the seed and grain
Laugh at tired hands
Leave the old folks in pain
[Pre-Chorus]
So the settlers wrote
With shaking, careful hands
Sent a plea by courier
Across the shattered lands
[Chorus]
Send the General down
Send the General down
Raiders in the dust now
Raiders in the dust now
Send the General down
Send the General down
Let that hard rain answer
Let that hard rain come
[Verse 2]
By the Commonwealth road
Boots hit the frozen clay
The General read the page
And he did not look away
He called out iron ranks
With a jaw like flint
Said, "They've crossed the line
Now the lesson's gonna hit"
[Pre-Chorus]
Drums on the night air
Lanterns burning low
He pointed to the north
And told them where to go
[Chorus]
Send the General down
Send the General down
Raiders in the dust now
Raiders in the dust now
Send the General down
Send the General down
Let that hard rain answer
Let that hard rain come
[Bridge]
When the dawn came thin
Over broken field and wire
The raiders heard the boots
Then the roar of fire
No more laughing mouths
No more stolen bread
Just the sound of justice
Rolling overhead
[Chorus]
Send the General down
Send the General down
Raiders in the dust now
Raiders in the dust now
Send the General down
Send the General down
Let that hard rain answer
Let that hard rain come
Far off settlements
Built from tin and bone
Wind through the broken fence
Dust on every stone
Raiders roll in hard
Take the seed and grain
Laugh at tired hands
Leave the old folks in pain
[Pre-Chorus]
So the settlers wrote
With shaking, careful hands
Sent a plea by courier
Across the shattered lands
[Chorus]
Send the General down
Send the General down
Raiders in the dust now
Raiders in the dust now
Send the General down
Send the General down
Let that hard rain answer
Let that hard rain come
[Verse 2]
By the Commonwealth road
Boots hit the frozen clay
The General read the page
And he did not look away
He called out iron ranks
With a jaw like flint
Said, "They've crossed the line
Now the lesson's gonna hit"
[Pre-Chorus]
Drums on the night air
Lanterns burning low
He pointed to the north
And told them where to go
[Chorus]
Send the General down
Send the General down
Raiders in the dust now
Raiders in the dust now
Send the General down
Send the General down
Let that hard rain answer
Let that hard rain come
[Bridge]
When the dawn came thin
Over broken field and wire
The raiders heard the boots
Then the roar of fire
No more laughing mouths
No more stolen bread
Just the sound of justice
Rolling overhead
[Chorus]
Send the General down
Send the General down
Raiders in the dust now
Raiders in the dust now
Send the General down
Send the General down
Let that hard rain answer
Let that hard rain come
Style of Music
Country melodic with steady mid-tempo four-on-the-floor stomp, picked acoustic guitar, barroom piano, warm fiddle swells, and a dry kick-snare pulse; verse stays sparse with close-mic lead and lap-steel fills, pre-chorus opens with harmony lift and handclaps, chorus hits with stacked gang vocals and a sing-back hook. Add dirt-road risers, a brief harmonica turnaround, and a final chorus with fuller drums and wide, dusty mix., country
