General of the Commonwealth

[Verse 1]
Dust on the brahmin trail
Smoke over Diamond’s wall
They dragged that poor old trader out
While the guards just watched it all
Word rode in on a settler’s tongue
“Sir, they hit us, then they ran”
He set his coffee on the map
Said, “Saddle up every man”

[Chorus]
He’s the General of the Commonwealth
Riding steel through the broken sky
Vertibirds humming over rust and wreck
Spotlights burning in the dead man’s night (yeah)
If you lay one hand on Diamond’s folk
You’re gonna pay that debt in lead
’Cause the General of the Commonwealth
Teaches raiders what mercy they don’t get

[Verse 2]
Police blues over combat armor
Badges welded to the plates
They flew low past ruined billboards
Down those twisted interstate
Found that gang round an old gas station
Laughing, counting what they stole
Trader tied to a toppled pump
Blood and fear in every groan

[Chorus]
He’s the General of the Commonwealth
Riding steel through the broken sky
Vertibirds humming over rust and wreck
Spotlights burning in the dead man’s night (oh)
If you lay one hand on Diamond’s folk
You’re gonna pay that debt in lead
’Cause the General of the Commonwealth
Teaches raiders what mercy they don’t get

[Bridge]
“Drop fast, keep tight
Lights on ’em till they’re blind
You don’t steal from my city
You don’t touch what’s mine” (hey)
Gunfire and a siren whoop
Then silence, thick and still
He cut that trader’s ropes and said
“Go home, friend… I’ll foot the bill”

[Chorus]
He’s the General of the Commonwealth
Riding steel through the broken sky
Vertibirds humming over rust and wreck
Like a storm they never saw in time
If you lay one hand on Diamond’s folk
You’re gonna pray you just forget
’Cause the General of the Commonwealth
Gives a lesson every raider won’t forget (won’t forget)