Banks of Shiloh

Seventeen, my only dream was to marry my love back in Tennessee

But a war broke out and the town went up in flames

Then a train came thru and robbed our town

Took every young man from miles around and they told me

Private John was my new name

Yeah, I held her tight the night before I left

Like it was the first time, I took in every breath

Now the river's running red

They told them we were dead

Nothing lived that day on the Banks of Shiloh

Ball of iron tore through my leg

They charged the hill and I was left for dead

And when the smoke cleared I was the only one alive

When the word got home and they read my name

And carved a stone for an empty grave

Never dreaming that some how I survived

My true love she dressed in black for days

I was clinging to a shred of hope while hers faded away

Now the river's running red

They told them we were dead

Nothing lived that day on the banks of Shiloh

And our love will always be buried underneath

Somewhere in the clay on the Banks of Shiloh

Stayed alive with her on my mind

When I made it home my soul died

She had married and moved on

Yeah the river bank may have spared my body and my bones

But I'm left alone

And now the rivers running red

They told them we were dead

Nothing lived that day on the banks of Shiloh

Yeah our love will always be buried underneath

Somewhere in the clay on the banks of Shiloh

Yeah our love will always be buried underneath

I wish I would've stayed on the Banks of Shiloh