Old Gray Coat
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โฑ๏ธ 3:50 duration
๐ ID: 10453485
๐ Lyrics
Well, they gave me this old coat
Said "It'll keep you mighty warm
It'll see you through the winter
It's your by God uniform!"
So I wear it every day
And I sleep in it at night
Now it's twenty shades of gray
And the waist is shrunk too tight
And the bottom's caked and muddy
And the buttons are half gone
But just like you and me
This old gray coat wears on
And when I die in this gray coat
I'm gonna march through heaven's door
I'm gonna walk up to St. Peter
And tell him, "Send me back for more"
Cause I'll be damned if I'll just sit around
While you boys win the war
'Cause even when I'm dead
Shot full of Yankee lead
There'll be part of me keeps hangin' by a thread
Of this old gray coat
When I think of all the places
This old coat and me have been
Through the fat and lean and in-between
Double quick through thick and thin
From the ballrooms down in Richmond
To the top of Marye's heights
From Manassas to the Wilderness
And a hundred other fights
Now the collar's torn and tattered
And the elbow's worn clean through
But, buddy, in a pinch
This old gray coat will do
And when I die in this gray coat
And when they come to bury me
If they commence to speech-afyin'
And singin' "Nearer, Lord, to thee"
Well, be damn sure I ain't just sleepin'
'Cause I flat out guarantee
That even when I'm dead
Shot full of Yankee lead
That the toughest part lives on in every shred
Of this old gray coat
You can cut my throat
You can sink my boat
But you can never stop this old gray coat
When my bones you tote
When that's all she wrote
I'll fight on inside this old gray coat
'Cause when I die in this gray coat
I'm gonna march through heaven's door
I'm gonna walk up to St. Peter
And tell him "Send me back for more"
'Cause I'll be damned if I'll just sit around
While you boys win the war
Even when I'm dead
Shot full of Yankee lead
There ain't nothin' that I'd rather wear instead
Of this old gray coat
This old gray coat
I'll go down in this old gray coat
This old gray coat
Said "It'll keep you mighty warm
It'll see you through the winter
It's your by God uniform!"
So I wear it every day
And I sleep in it at night
Now it's twenty shades of gray
And the waist is shrunk too tight
And the bottom's caked and muddy
And the buttons are half gone
But just like you and me
This old gray coat wears on
And when I die in this gray coat
I'm gonna march through heaven's door
I'm gonna walk up to St. Peter
And tell him, "Send me back for more"
Cause I'll be damned if I'll just sit around
While you boys win the war
'Cause even when I'm dead
Shot full of Yankee lead
There'll be part of me keeps hangin' by a thread
Of this old gray coat
When I think of all the places
This old coat and me have been
Through the fat and lean and in-between
Double quick through thick and thin
From the ballrooms down in Richmond
To the top of Marye's heights
From Manassas to the Wilderness
And a hundred other fights
Now the collar's torn and tattered
And the elbow's worn clean through
But, buddy, in a pinch
This old gray coat will do
And when I die in this gray coat
And when they come to bury me
If they commence to speech-afyin'
And singin' "Nearer, Lord, to thee"
Well, be damn sure I ain't just sleepin'
'Cause I flat out guarantee
That even when I'm dead
Shot full of Yankee lead
That the toughest part lives on in every shred
Of this old gray coat
You can cut my throat
You can sink my boat
But you can never stop this old gray coat
When my bones you tote
When that's all she wrote
I'll fight on inside this old gray coat
'Cause when I die in this gray coat
I'm gonna march through heaven's door
I'm gonna walk up to St. Peter
And tell him "Send me back for more"
'Cause I'll be damned if I'll just sit around
While you boys win the war
Even when I'm dead
Shot full of Yankee lead
There ain't nothin' that I'd rather wear instead
Of this old gray coat
This old gray coat
I'll go down in this old gray coat
This old gray coat
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:00.56] Well, they gave me this old coat
[00:03.78] Said "It'll keep you mighty warm
[00:06.93] It'll see you through the winter
[00:10.16] It's your by God uniform!"
[00:13.75] So I wear it every day
[00:16.89] And I sleep in it at night
[00:19.82] Now it's twenty shades of gray
[00:23.26] And the waist is shrunk too tight
[00:26.77] And the bottom's caked and muddy
[00:30.05] And the buttons are half gone
[00:33.66] But just like you and me
[00:36.30] This old gray coat wears on
[00:40.87] And when I die in this gray coat
[00:44.33] I'm gonna march through heaven's door
[00:47.30] I'm gonna walk up to St. Peter
[00:50.07] And tell him, "Send me back for more"
[00:53.15] Cause I'll be damned if I'll just sit around
[00:56.72] While you boys win the war
[00:59.20] 'Cause even when I'm dead
[01:02.45] Shot full of Yankee lead
[01:05.91] There'll be part of me keeps hangin' by a thread
[01:11.17] Of this old gray coat
[01:14.79]
[01:17.82] When I think of all the places
[01:20.86] This old coat and me have been
[01:24.38] Through the fat and lean and in-between
[01:27.49] Double quick through thick and thin
[01:30.47] From the ballrooms down in Richmond
[01:33.50] To the top of Marye's heights
[01:36.63] From Manassas to the Wilderness
[01:39.61] And a hundred other fights
[01:42.61] Now the collar's torn and tattered
[01:45.68] And the elbow's worn clean through
[01:49.10] But, buddy, in a pinch
[01:51.45] This old gray coat will do
[01:54.45] And when I die in this gray coat
[01:57.85] And when they come to bury me
[02:00.95] If they commence to speech-afyin'
[02:03.68] And singin' "Nearer, Lord, to thee"
[02:06.72] Well, be damn sure I ain't just sleepin'
[02:10.13] 'Cause I flat out guarantee
[02:12.83] That even when I'm dead
[02:15.98] Shot full of Yankee lead
[02:19.53] That the toughest part lives on in every shred
[02:24.70] Of this old gray coat
[02:28.32]
[02:31.42] You can cut my throat
[02:34.43] You can sink my boat
[02:38.18] But you can never stop this old gray coat
[02:43.67] When my bones you tote
[02:46.75] When that's all she wrote
[02:50.59] I'll fight on inside this old gray coat
[02:55.83] 'Cause when I die in this gray coat
[02:59.27] I'm gonna march through heaven's door
[03:02.36] I'm gonna walk up to St. Peter
[03:05.05] And tell him "Send me back for more"
[03:08.03] 'Cause I'll be damned if I'll just sit around
[03:11.75] While you boys win the war
[03:14.44] Even when I'm dead
[03:17.30] Shot full of Yankee lead
[03:20.96] There ain't nothin' that I'd rather wear instead
[03:26.17] Of this old gray coat
[03:29.31] This old gray coat
[03:32.78] I'll go down in this old gray coat
[03:38.55] This old gray coat
[03:39.91]
[00:03.78] Said "It'll keep you mighty warm
[00:06.93] It'll see you through the winter
[00:10.16] It's your by God uniform!"
[00:13.75] So I wear it every day
[00:16.89] And I sleep in it at night
[00:19.82] Now it's twenty shades of gray
[00:23.26] And the waist is shrunk too tight
[00:26.77] And the bottom's caked and muddy
[00:30.05] And the buttons are half gone
[00:33.66] But just like you and me
[00:36.30] This old gray coat wears on
[00:40.87] And when I die in this gray coat
[00:44.33] I'm gonna march through heaven's door
[00:47.30] I'm gonna walk up to St. Peter
[00:50.07] And tell him, "Send me back for more"
[00:53.15] Cause I'll be damned if I'll just sit around
[00:56.72] While you boys win the war
[00:59.20] 'Cause even when I'm dead
[01:02.45] Shot full of Yankee lead
[01:05.91] There'll be part of me keeps hangin' by a thread
[01:11.17] Of this old gray coat
[01:14.79]
[01:17.82] When I think of all the places
[01:20.86] This old coat and me have been
[01:24.38] Through the fat and lean and in-between
[01:27.49] Double quick through thick and thin
[01:30.47] From the ballrooms down in Richmond
[01:33.50] To the top of Marye's heights
[01:36.63] From Manassas to the Wilderness
[01:39.61] And a hundred other fights
[01:42.61] Now the collar's torn and tattered
[01:45.68] And the elbow's worn clean through
[01:49.10] But, buddy, in a pinch
[01:51.45] This old gray coat will do
[01:54.45] And when I die in this gray coat
[01:57.85] And when they come to bury me
[02:00.95] If they commence to speech-afyin'
[02:03.68] And singin' "Nearer, Lord, to thee"
[02:06.72] Well, be damn sure I ain't just sleepin'
[02:10.13] 'Cause I flat out guarantee
[02:12.83] That even when I'm dead
[02:15.98] Shot full of Yankee lead
[02:19.53] That the toughest part lives on in every shred
[02:24.70] Of this old gray coat
[02:28.32]
[02:31.42] You can cut my throat
[02:34.43] You can sink my boat
[02:38.18] But you can never stop this old gray coat
[02:43.67] When my bones you tote
[02:46.75] When that's all she wrote
[02:50.59] I'll fight on inside this old gray coat
[02:55.83] 'Cause when I die in this gray coat
[02:59.27] I'm gonna march through heaven's door
[03:02.36] I'm gonna walk up to St. Peter
[03:05.05] And tell him "Send me back for more"
[03:08.03] 'Cause I'll be damned if I'll just sit around
[03:11.75] While you boys win the war
[03:14.44] Even when I'm dead
[03:17.30] Shot full of Yankee lead
[03:20.96] There ain't nothin' that I'd rather wear instead
[03:26.17] Of this old gray coat
[03:29.31] This old gray coat
[03:32.78] I'll go down in this old gray coat
[03:38.55] This old gray coat
[03:39.91]