grandpa i ve been thinking about you lately wondering if you d found peace of mind i guess you d be proud to know your grandsons never crossed that mason dixon line and i still sing the old songs that you taught me and i still pray to jesus now and then and just like you i wish that he would save me to see the day the south will rise again daddy wore his purple heart so proudly long before i turned into a man buried with our flag across his casket i was still too young to understand mama spent her last years in the garden while i took my turn behind the gun lord i d give my life to find the freedom lost within the old songs that you sung and i still sing the old songs that you taught me and i still pray to jesus now and then and just like you i wish that he would save me to see the day the south will rise again