Eric Church

Songwriter: Robbie Robertson

Virgil Caine is my name, and I served on the Danville train
Stoneman's cavalry came, burned up the tracks again
Was the winter of '65, we were lonely and barely alive
By May Richmond had fell, it was a time I remember, oh so well

The night they drove old Dixie down, and all the bells were ringin'
It was the night they drove old Dixie down, and all the people were singin'
They sang la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la

Back with my wife in Tennessee, one day she says to me
"Virgil, quick, come see, here comes Robert E. Lee"
Yeah let him go, let him down, money's no good
Ya take what ya need, you leave the rest
But they should never have taken the very best

The night they drove old Dixie down, and all the bells were ringin'
It was the night they drove old Dixie down, and all the people were singin'
They sang la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la

Like my father before me, I'm a peaceful man
Like my brother before me, you know I took a rebel stand
18 and proud and brave, but a Yankee laid him in his grave
I swear by the blood below my feet
You can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat

Yeah the night they drove old Dixie down, and the bells were ringin'
It was the night they drove old Dixie down, and all the people were singin'
They sang la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la

The night they drove old Dixie down, and all the bells were ringin'
It was the night they drove old Dixie down, and all the people were singin'
They sang la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la

Eric Church is an American country music singer-songwriter from Granite Falls, North Carolina. After graduating from Appalachian State University with a business degree in 2000, Eric became engaged to a Spanish teacher from Lenior, NC whose father attempted to deter his musical aspirations by offering him a corporate career in Denver. After turning down her father’s offer, Church’s ex-fiance broke the engagement, giving Church motivation to move to Nashville and begin focusing solely on his music. Recollections of this turning point in Church’s life are heard throughout his lyrical portfolio (most prominently in “Those I’ve Loved”).

After a period of being overlooked by record labels and producers, Church was eventually signed to Capitol Records in 2006, making his debut with the album, Sinners Like Me. The album produced four singles on the Billboard Country Chart, “How ‘Bout You,” “Two Pink Lines,” “Guys Like Me,” and the album’s title track.

His second album, 2009’s Carolina, produced three more “Smoke a Little Smoke,” “Love Your Love the Most,” and “Hell on the Heart.”

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