In July 1863   A nation torn in tragedy   A trick of fate, two great armies merge   Gods of war at Gettysburg      Devastation lies ahead   Fifty thousand bodies litter the land   Hell rages three full days   The reaper sows, there's the devil to pay      The pressure's on and the rebs attack   The yanks must hold, they can't fall back   Just two brigades, two thousand strong   Against twenty thousand they can't hold long      General Reynolds makes his way   Expect no mercy from the iron brigade   Until he shows they're on their own   But Buford's men have a will of stone      Bayonets gleam in the morning sun   Smoke and fire belching from their guns   Another volley and again they strike   Thousands more coming down the Chambersburg Pike      This tragedy and what it brings all the devastation   (The reaper has his way)   Men will kill and blood will spill to preserve the nation   (There's the devil to pay)      This tragedy and what it brings all the devastation   (The reaper has his way)   Men will kill and blood will spill to preserve the nation   (There's the devil to pay)      South of town down the Emmitsburg road   The first corps are starting to show   For Buford's men, they're here just in time   The desperate need to strengthen the line      Bodies dropping the blue and the gray   Muskets fire and the cannon blaze   The union fights defending the town   But they're outnumbered and losing ground      From the north and the west more rebels arrive   Thousands more and the fight multiplies   McPherson's ridge and the black hats strike   A rebel sharpshooter takes Reynolds life      This tragedy and what it brings all the devastation   (The reaper has his way)   Men will kill and blood will spill to preserve the nation   (There's the devil to pay)      This tragedy and what it brings all the devastation   (The reaper has his way)   Men will kill and blood will spill to preserve the nation   (There's the devil to pay)      Attack, attack, general Lee gives command   They're overwhelmed, the situation demands   The federals retreat and rush out of town   But they have fortified and saved the high ground      The day ends, victory for the south   Lee's as convinced as God's will is profound   They are invincible and their cause is just   But long street is cautious and lacking in trust      Across the way the union digs in   The round tops, cemetery ridge and out to Culps Hill   Their lines are strong, no denying they'll stay   When the confederates strike there'll be the devil to pay      This tragedy and what it brings all the devastation   (The reaper has his way)   Men will kill and blood will spill to preserve the nation   (There's the devil to pay)      This tragedy and what it brings all the devastation   (The reaper has his way)   Men will kill and blood will spill to preserve the nation   (There's the devil to pay)      This tragedy and what it brings all the devastation   (The reaper has his way)   Men will kill and blood will spill to preserve the nation   (There's the devil to pay)      This tragedy and what it brings all the devastation   (The reaper has his way)   Men will kill and blood will spill to preserve the nation   (There's the devil to pay)