Hold at All Costs

Just a mile or so away

Is my dearest friend in this world

He wears the blue and I the grey

And God it hurts me so

The last time we were together

I grabbed his hand and I pledged

If I ever draw my sword on you

May the good Lord strike me dead

The union flank's in trouble

To the round top on the double

A bad decision, insubordination

Exposed our line in a dangerous way

The burden lies upon us

Surrender is not an option

We are the flanks and if we break

The union crumbles, we could lose the war

Down below's the carnage

The rebel's charging onward

Push the slaughter forward, the peach orchard

Through the Wheatfield and devil's den

The valor of the Texans

And Alabama's best men

They're unrelenting and devastating

The last full measure of devotion's clear

Chorus:

We'll know what we are made of

When up against all odds we hold our line

For the cause that we so love

We must hold at all costs

We'll know what we're made of

When our nation needs us, we'll stay the course

For the union we so love

We must hold at all costs

Wave after wave, they're coming

Their power must be waning

We're out of Ammo, we can't fall back, no!

A desperate measure, a means to end

On their next wave we charge them

There is no other option

Disconcert them, force submission

On my command, fix bayonets!

Chorus

We'll know what we're made of

The burden lies with us

When up against all odds we hold our line

We can't fail

For the cause that we so love

We must hold at all costs

We'll know what we're made of

With courage in our hearts

When our nation needs us, we'll stay the course

We won't fail

For the union we so love

We must hold at all costs