Some had on the Rebel grey, some the Union blue
They were fathers, sons and brothers, men like me and you
Engaged in heavy battle, 'til there came that cloudy draw
When silence took the battlefield men just stood in awe

Some say it was the cannon smoke, some say the Northern lights
That cast a ghostly image over Fredericksburg that night
Some say it was God's spirit looking o'er the bloody sod
And that rainbow mist that filled the sky, was the tears of God

Both sides read his Holy Word and believed it in their hearts
But the common ground He'd blessed them with had now been torn apart
Covered by the blood they shed, so many lost their lives
The fight on that Virginia hill was enough to make Him cry

Some say it was the cannon smoke, some say the Northern lights
That cast a ghostly image over Fredericksburg that night
Some say it was God's spirit looking o'er the bloody sod
And that rainbow mist that filled the sky, was the tears of God

Some say it was the cannon smoke, some say the Northern lights
That cast a ghostly image over Fredericksburg that night
Some say it was God's spirit looking o'er the bloody sod
And that rainbow mist that filled the sky, was the tears of God

(From the CD "America Will Always Stand")