"The General" featuring special guests Jerry DePizzo & John Lampley from DISPATCH's full concert at Xfinity Center in Mansfield, MA on August 20th, 2022.
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CREDITS
Filmed by 7 Cinematics with additional editing by Greg Shea at Nor’easter Pictures
Showrunner & Executive Producer: Vincent Adam Paul
Producers: Benjamin Walter, Adrian West
Live Director: Kevin Lieberman
Video Engineer: Johnny Cunningham
Camera Operators: Benjamin Walter, Gripp Richardson, Kyle Thomas, Timothy Swain, Benjamin Pflum, Paul Conley
Grip / AC: David Mitchell
Production and Lighting Design by Marc Janowitz
Lighting Direction by Patrick Hayes
Audio engineered by Gary Stokes
Mixed by Brett Eliason
Mastered by Rachel Field Audio
Special thanks to Veeps
LYRICS
There was a decorated General with a heart of gold
That likened him to all the stories he told
Of past battles won and lost
And legends of old
A seasoned veteran in his own time
On the battlefield he gained respectful fame
With many medals of bravery and stripes to his name
He grew a beard as soon as he could to cover the scars on his face
And always urged his men on
But on the eve of a great battle with the infantry in dream
The Old General tossed in his sleep and wrestled with its meaning
He awoke from the night to tell what he had seen
And walked slowly out of his tent
All the men held tall with their chests in the air
With the courage in their blood and a fire in their stare
And it was a gray morning and they all wondered how they would fare
Till the old general told them to go home
He said, "I have seen the others
And I have discovered
That this fight is not worth fighting
And I've seen their mothers
And I will no other to follow me where I'm going
So
Take a shower and shine your shoes
You got no time to lose
You are young men you must be living
Take a shower and shine your shoes
You got no time to lose
You are young men you must be living
Go now you are forgiven"
But the men stood fast with their guns on their shoulders
Not knowing what to do with the contradicting orders
The General said he would do his own duty but he would extend it no further
The men can go as they pleased
But not a man moved their eyes gazed straight ahead
Till one by one they stepped back and not a word was said
And the old general was left with his own words echoing in his head
He then prepared to fight
He said, "I have seen the others
And I have discovered
That this fight is not worth fighting
No, And I've seen their mothers
And I will no other to follow me where I'm going
So take a shower and shine your shoes
You got no time to lose
You are young men you must be living
Take a shower and shine your shoes
You got no time to lose
You are young men you must be living
Go now you are forgiven"
Go now you are forgiven
Go now you are forgiven
Go now you are forgiven, go
Go now you are forgiven
Go now you are forgiven
Go now you are forgiven
Go ooo oooooooo
Go now you are forgiven
Go now you are forgiven
Go now you got to be,
Got to be, got to be, got to be,
Got to be yeaaaaa
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