Nina Simone - Mississippi Goddam - Live In New York/1964 Lyrics

Lyrics Mississippi Goddam - Live In New York/1964 - Nina Simone



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



Writer(s): Simone Nina


Nina Simone - Four Women: The Nina Simone Philips Recordings
Album Four Women: The Nina Simone Philips Recordings
date of release
01-01-2013

1 Ain't No Use (Live In New York/1965)
2 Blues On Purpose
3 Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
4 One September Day
5 What More Can I Say?
6 Feeling Good
7 Tomorrow Is My Turn
8 Strange Fruit (Live In New York 1965)
9 Something Wonderful
10 Wild Is the Wind (Live In New York 1964)
11 Beautiful Land
12 A Monster
13 Go Limp (Live In New York/1964)
14 Mississippi Goddam - Live In New York/1964
15 Pirate Jenny (Live In New York/1964)
16 Nobody
17 Old Jim Crow (Live In New York/1964)
18 Chilly Winds Don't Blow (Live In New York/1964)
19 End of the Line (Live In New York/1965)
20 Why Keep On Breaking My Heart
21 Either Way I Lose
22 That's All I Ask
23 Lilac Wine
24 Take Care of Business
25 Marriage Is for Old Folks
26 Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair - Live In New York/1964
27 See-Line Woman
28 Love Me or Leave Me
29 Don't Explain
30 If I Should Lose You
31 Four Women
32 Ne Me Quitte Pas
33 This Year's Kisses
34 Sinnerman (Live In New York 1965)
35 I Put a Spell On You
36 The Laziest Gal In Town
37 Plain Gold Ring (Live In New York 1964)
38 Take Me to The Water
39 I'm Gonna Leave You
40 Don't Take All Night
41 Be My Husband (Live In New York 1965)
42 The Other Woman (Live In New York 1964)
43 I'm Going Back Home
44 Brown Eyed Handsome Man
45 Come Ye
46 Nearer Blessed Lord
47 I Hold No Grudge
48 How Can I?
49 Break Down and Let It All Out
50 The Ballad of Hollis Brown
51 Our Love (Will See Us Through)
52 Work Song
53 Tell Me More and More and Then Some (Live In New York/1965)
54 Night Song
55 The Gal from Joe's
56 I Loves You, Porgy (Live In New York, 1964)
57 Don't Smoke In Bed - Live In New York/1964
58 I Am Blessed
59 The Last Rose of Summer
60 Of This I'm Sure
61 July Tree
62 Gimme Some
63 You've Got To Learn
64 Trouble In Mind - Live In New York/1965
65 Mood Indigo
66 Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out - Live In New York/1965
67 Little Girl Blue - Live In New York/1964
68 Chauffeur
69 For Myself
70 Images - Live In New York/1964
71 I Love Your Lovin' Ways
72 Don't You Pay Them No Mind
73 Keeper Of The Flame
74 He Ain't Comin' Home No More
75 I Love My Baby




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