Jim Crow

Song Jim Crow
Artist John Mellencamp
Album Freedom's Road

Lyrics

[00:18.99] Look what Jim Crow's done and gone
[00:23.73] Went and changed his name
[00:25.98]
[00:27.55] Don't know what he's going by these days
[00:30.98]
[00:32.55] But he's still actin' the same
[00:35.36]
[00:36.73] You can call it what you want to
[00:40.12] But it's still a minstrel show
[00:43.42]
[00:45.23] You can call it what you want to
[00:48.48]
[00:49.73] But it's still Jim Crow
[00:52.18]
[01:09.23] Jim's probably laying in this morning
[01:13.17]
[01:14.32] Hummin' as he sleeps
[01:16.69]
[01:18.07] Feeling the glow of another man's woman
[01:21.61]
[01:22.49] As she lies beneath his feet
[01:25.36]
[01:26.30] Enjoyin' the cool morning breeze
[01:29.72]
[01:30.35] Smellin' flowers as he goes
[01:33.54]
[01:35.66] Looks like he's changed his ways
[01:39.41] Ah, but he's still Jim Crow
[01:44.54]
[02:23.63] Jim will spend the rest of the day
[02:27.13]
[02:28.07] Playin' in some big hotel
[02:32.19] It's an old song with very bad rhymes
[02:36.01]
[02:37.14] But he does it so well
[02:39.75]
[02:40.51] He'll make some new acquaintances
[02:43.51]
[02:44.51] When he's out on his evening stroll
[02:48.07]
[02:49.69] It's amazing that after all this time
[02:52.99] So many love
[02:55.24]
[02:56.81] Big Jim Crow