Now the war is finally lost and I am homeward bound
Back to my farm in Georgia, I think has fallen down
From a courthouse in Virginia, the South has died of shame
Now I see the South surrender now
Now the reds have won the game

It ain't easy, my lands been destroyed
It ain't easy, to be a Southern boy

I joined the Georgia infantry and I fought for Southern pride
I've sworn at this succession, my people are the whites
Equality of races is a stupid northern dream
Never worked, never will, as the future will reveal

It ain't easy, my lands been destroyed
It ain't easy, to be a Southern boy

It ain't easy, my lands been destroyed
It ain't easy, to be a Southern boy

I was even kept down in Gettysburg, when I fought on through the pain
The tide of war was turning to the blue invaders gain, Augustus Frank
Scum like him who start a war like this, who jumped right on traitors
Why the [bad word] he fights like this

It ain't easy, my lands been destroyed
It ain't easy, to be a Southern boy

It ain't easy, my lands been destroyed
It ain't easy, to be a Southern boy