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 


Verse 
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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