i ride at dawn

like my father

and his father

and his father before

watch the soil burn in the 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

and he'll want a hundred more

give him a hundred choices

and he still chooses war

from salem poor to genghis khan

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

brother stop your crying

sister dry your eyes

you'll hear my medals ringing from shreveport to shabagan

tomorrow i ride at dawn

at first light

i march to battle

not my own life

but 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

for tomorrow i ride at dawn

tomorrow i ride at dawn

tomorrow i ride at dawn

tell my loved ones they must carry on

for tomorrow i ride at dawn