The name of this tune is mississippi goddam
And I mean every word of it

Alabamas gotten me so upset
Tennessee made me lose my rest
And everybody knows about mississippi goddam



Alabamas gotten me so upset

Tennessee made me lose my rest

And everybody knows about mississippi goddam



Cant you see it

Cant you feel it

Its all in the air

I cant stand the pressure much longer

Somebody say a prayer



Alabamas gotten me so upset

Tennessee made me lose my rest

And everybody knows about mississippi goddam



This is a show tune

But the show hasnt been written for it, yet



Hound dogs on my trail

School children sitting in jail

Black cat cross my path

I think every days gonna be my last



Lord have mercy on this land of mine

We all gonna get it in due time

I dont belong here

I dont belong there

Ive even stopped believing in prayer



Dont tell me

I tell you

Me and my people just about due

Ive been there so I know

They keep on saying go slow!



But thats just the trouble

Do it slow

Washing the windows

Do it slow

Picking the cotton

Do it slow

Youre just plain rotten

Do it slow

Youre too damn lazy

Do it slow

The thinkings crazy

Do it slow

Where am I going

What am I doing

I dont know

I dont 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 didnt we



Picket lines

School boy cots

They try to say its 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 youd stop calling me sister sadie



Oh but this whole country is full of lies

Youre all gonna die and die like flies

I dont trust you any more

You keep on saying go slow!

Go slow!



But thats 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 dont you see it

Why dont you feel it

I dont know

I dont know



You dont have to live next to me

Just give me my equality

Everybody knows about mississippi

Everybody knows about alabama

Everybody knows about mississippi goddam



Thats it!



(Thanks to mook for these lyrics)