BACK IN ’68, IN A LAND DIVIDED BY HATE
SOME PICKED UP A SIGN, SOME A GUN IN ANSWER TO THE CALL
HEADED OFF TO WAR, WHAT FOR, NO ONE WAS REALLY SURE
NO ONE COULD SEE THE WRITING ON THE WALL

          ME AND BROTHER ABEL, SITTIN’ AT THE TABLE
          EATIN’ PEAS AN’ CORNBREAD AND MOM’S WARM APPLE PIE
          THE DAY SHE GOT THE WORD, WORD SHE’D LONG SINCE FEARED
          A NOTE THAT SAID WE’RE SORRY, YOU’RE TRUE LOVE HAD TO DIE
          AND ALL THAT’S LEFT OF DADDY IS A NAME ON SOME MEMORIAL
          CAN’T WE SEE THE WRITING ON THE WALL?

SEEMS AGAIN OF LATE IN A LAND DIVIDED BY HATE
SOME PICK UP A SIGN, SOME A GUN IN ANSWER TO THE CALL
HEADED OFF TO WAR, WHAT FOR, NO ONE IS REALLY SURE
SEEMS LIKE NO ONE SEES THE WRITING ON THE WALL

          YEAH, WE’RE SITTIN’ AT THE TABLE MINUS BROTHER ABEL
          EATIN’ PEAS AN’ CORNBREAD AND MOM’S WARM APPLE PIE
          LAST WEEK SHE GOT THE WORD, WORD SHE’D LONG SINCE FEARED
          A NOTE THAT SAID WE’RE SORRY, YOU’RE FIRST BORN HAD TO DIE
          ALL THAT’S LEFT OF ABEL WILL BE A NAME ON SOME MEMORIAL
          CAN’T WE SEE THE WRITING ON THE WALL?

          WILL WE BE SITTIN’ AT THE TABLE WITHOUT THE SON OF ABEL
          EATIN’ PEAS AN’ CORNBREAD AND MOM’S WARM APPLE PIE?
          WHEN SHE GET’S THE WORD, WORD SHE’S LONG SINCE FEARED...
          WILL WE EVER SEE THE WRITING ON THE WALL?


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