Mississippi Goddam (Live)

And, of course, a couple years ago
The follow girls were killed in Alabama
And at that time we got the inspiration to do this song
But Dr. King′s murder has left me so numb
I don't know where I′m at, really
The course you heard this song, that was composed by Jim Taylor
Especially for today
But I hope that between now and the end of the year
It'll all be togheter enough
That we will have songs that goes down in history
For this wonderful brave people, who no longer with us
Alabama's gotten me so upset
Tennessee made me lose my rest
Everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam
Alabama′s gotten me so upset
Tennessee made me lose my rest
Everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam
Can′t you see it
I know you feel it
It's all in the air
I can′t stand the pressure much longer
Somebody say a prayer
Alabama's has got me so upset
Tennessee made me lose my rest
Everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam
Hound dogs on my trail
Thoes 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
'Cause 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!"
Well that's just the trouble
"Do it slow"
Washing the windows
"Do it slow"
Picking the cotton
"Do it slow"
Nothing but rotten
"Do it slow"
Too damn lazy
"Do it slow"
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 my very best
Stand up be counted with all the rest
'Cause everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam
Now you heard him
He′s one of you
If will have been moved at all
And you know my songs at all
For god sakes, join me
Don't sit back there
The time is too late now
Good God
If you know
The King is there
The king of love is there
I'm ′bout to be non violent honey
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
And I loved him
Because he believed it
He lived by
But 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 my mamma aunt Sadie
But my ountry is full of lies
We′re all gonna die and die like flies
'Cause I don′t trust nobody more
Keep on saying "Go slow!"
"Go slow!"
That's just the trouble
"Do it slow"
Desegregation
"Do it slow"
Mass participation
"Do it slow"
Unification
"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
'Cause everybody knows about Mississippi
Everybody knows about Alabama
Everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam
That′s it!