Words and Music by
Stewart Kohinga
I got mud on my boots
I got mud on my face
I've been digging graves
On a cold lonely day
I got blood on my hands
But you wouldn't understand
What my eyes have seen
Where my feet have been
Oh I didn't pull no trigger
I didn't hold no gun
I just held the shovel
To finish the work they had done
No I didn't pull no trigger
I didn't hold no gun
I just held the shovel
To finish the work that
The work that they'd begun
Got black on my heart
And it won't go away
My mind is stained
From what I saw that day
It won't wash away
Oh I didn't pull the trigger
I didn't hold the gun
I just held the shovel
To finish the work they had done
No I didn't pull no trigger
I didn't hold no gun
I just held the shovel
To finish the work that
The work that they'd begun
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