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 everyday And I sleep in it at night Now it's twenty shades of grey 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 Grey Coat wears on. Chorus: And when I die in this grey coat I'm gonna march though Heaven's door I'm gonna walk up to Saint 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 (Stop) There's a part of me keeps hangin' by a thread Of This Old Grey 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 Manasas 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 Grey Coat will do. And when I die in this grey coat And when they come to bury me They commenc to speech-a-fyin' 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 (Stop) That the toughest part lives on in every shred Of This Old Grey Coat. Well you can cut my throat You can sink my bones But you can never stop This Old Grey Coat. When my bones you tote When that's all she wrote I'll fight on inside This Old Grey Coat. Chorus2: And when I die in this grey coat I'm gonna march though Heaven's door I'm gonna walk up to Saint Peter And tell him, "Send me back for more." Cause I'll be damn if I'll just sit around While you boys win the war Cause even when I'm dead Shot full of Yankee' lead (Stop) There ain't nothin' that I'd rather wear instead Of This Old Grey Coat. This Old Grey Coat I'll go down In This Old Grey Coat This Old Grey Coat. ?'s [email protected]
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