Mandolin Orange - Wildfire lyrics

Brave men fall with a battle cry Tears fill the eyes of their loved ones and their brothers in arms So it went, for Joseph Warren It should have been different, it could have been easy His rank could have saved him, but a country unborn needs bravery And it spread like wildfire Wildfire Wildfire From the ashes grew sweet liberty Like the seeds of the pines when the forest burns They open up, grow and burn again It should have been different, it could have been easy But too much money rolled in to ever end slavery The cry for war spread like wildfire Wildfire Wildfire (instrumental) Civil war came, civil war went Brother fought brother, the south was spent But its true demise was hatred, pa**ed down through the years It should have been different, it could have been easy But pride has a way of holding too firm to history And it burns like wildfire Wildfire Wildfire (instrumental) I was born a southern son In a small southern town where the rebels run wild They beat their chest and they swear: we're gonna rise again It should have been different, it could have been easy The day that old Warren died, hate should have gone with it But here we are, caught in the wildfire Wildfire Wildfire