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The name of this tune is Mississippi Goddam |
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And I mean every word of itAlabama's gotten me so upset |
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Tennessee made me lose my rest |
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And everybody knows about Mississippi GoddamAlabama's gotten me so upset |
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Tennessee made me lose my rest |
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And everybody knows about Mississippi GoddamCan't you see it? Can't you feel it? |
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It's all in the air |
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I can't stand the pressure much longer |
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Somebody say a prayerAlabama's gotten me so upset |
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Tennessee made me lose my rest |
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And everybody knows about Mississippi GoddamThis is a show tune |
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But the show hasn't been written for it, yetHound dogs on my trail |
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School children sitting in jail |
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Black cat cross my path |
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I think everyday's gonna be my lastLord, have mercy on this land of mine |
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We all gonna get it in due time |
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I don't belong here, I don't belong there |
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I've even stopped believing in prayerDon't tell me, I tell you |
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Me and my people just about due |
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I've been there so I know |
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They keep on saying, "Go slow!"But that's just the trouble, do it slow |
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Washing the windows, do it slow |
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Picking the cotton, do it slow |
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You're just plain rotten, do it slowYou're too damn lazy, do it slow |
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The thinking's crazy, do it slow |
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Where am I going? What am I doing? |
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I don't know, I don't knowJust try to do your very best |
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Stand up be counted with all the rest |
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For everybody knows about Mississippi GoddamI bet you thought I was kiddin'Picket lines, school boy cots |
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They try to say it's a communist plot |
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All I want is equality |
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For my sister, my brother, my people and meYes, you lied to me all these years |
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You told me to wash and clean my ears |
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And talk real fine just like a lady |
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And you'd stop calling me Sister SadieOh, but this whole country is full of lies |
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You're all gonna die and die like flies |
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I don't trust you any more |
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You keep on saying, "Go slow! Go slow!"But that's just the trouble, do it slow |
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Desegregation, do it slow |
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Mass participation, do it slow |
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Reunification, do it slowDo things gradually, do it slow |
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But bring more tragedy, do it slow |
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Why don't you see it? Why don't you feel it? |
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I don't know, I don't knowYou don't have to live next to me |
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Just give me my equality |
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Everybody knows about Mississippi |
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Everybody knows about Alabama |
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Everybody knows about Mississippi GoddamThat's it! |