Intro
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Verse
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I was many miles from Blacksburg
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When the cannonfire burst
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It chilled me to the marrowed bone
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But did not move the earth
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I was many miles from Blacksburg
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But I knew that you had gone
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Take what you can before God calls you on
Bridge
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I thought that you would be home by now
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I thought that you would be home by now
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But you're many miles from Blacksburg
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With my father and our son
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Take what you can before God takes someone