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​Ole GEM The War Mule

[Verse]
Dust on her hooves dust on her back
High in the peaks on a narrow track
Carried the weight carried the fight
Through the shadows through the night

[Chorus]
Ole GEM she walks steady and true
Through the fire through the blue
Once a soldier now she glides
Pulling dreams through Chattanooga nights

[Verse 2]
Mountains whispered winds would cry
Under the burden she'd never sigh
Wounded hearts across her spine
One step one life one climb

[Prechorus]
A hero's load a hero's heart
Every journey tears apart

[Chorus]
Ole GEM she walks steady and true
Through the fire through the blue
Once a soldier now she glides
Pulling dreams through Chattanooga nights

[Instrumental Interlude]
[Bridge]
Now the cobblestones don't bite her heels
No more weight just the iron wheels
Children laugh lovers sway
In her carriage, they drift away
​[Instrumental Finale]