Tears of God

by Josh Turner (2004)

Some had on the Rebel gray
Some the Union blue
They were fathers, sons, and brothers
Men like me and you
Engaged in heavy battle
Till there came that cloudy draw
When silence took the battlefield
And men just stood in awe

Some say it was the cannon smoke
Some say the northern lights
That cast a ghostly image over
Fredericksburg that night
Some say it was God's spirit
Looking o'er that bloody sod
And that rainbow mist that filled the sky
Was the tears of God

Both sides read His holy word
And believed it in their hearts
But the common ground He blessed them with
Had now been torn apart
Covered by the blood they shed
So many lost their lives
To fight on that Virginia hill
Was enough to make Him cry

Some say it was the cannon smoke
Some say the northern lights
That cast a ghostly image over
Fredericksburg that night
Some say it was God's spirit
Looking o'er that bloody sod
And that rainbow mist that filled the sky
Was the tears of God

Some say it was the cannon smoke
Some say the northern lights
That cast a ghostly image over
Fredericksburg that night
Some say it was God's spirit
Looking o'er that bloody sod
And that rainbow mist that filled the sky
Was the tears of God