Michelle Shocked - Shaking Hands Lyrics
Michelle Shocked (Poly Gram Songs, Inc)Shaking hands and fingers that do trembleSoldier's joy has been a bitter pillThough in battle a brave man I resembleAlone I am a coward without will Here's McGee from the great state of MissouriTo the Show-Me State Militia I belongAnd to judge from the pride on the Confederate sideI'd say five hundred thousand rebels can't be wrongA rebel stand is no place for a traitorA loveless union cannot bend us to her willCannot command the soldiers who now hate herNor demand a bounty of her generals I took a rifle ball in my shoulderBut my entire body filled with painI waited with them all at the field hospitalOh God, another shot of morphine Soldier's joy, oh what's the point in pleasureWhen it's only meant to kill the painLay down my arms and take the coffin's measureOr take up arms and send me out to fight again Shaking hands -- Was I a coward, was I brave?Shaking hands -- I took the bitter pillTell the story on my grave, my soul they could not saveWhat the bullet could not kill, the needle will
