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Cried when they shot Mr. KennedyAs though I'd lost a father of mineBut Malcolm X got what was comingHe got what he asked for this timeSo love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberalI go to civil rights ralliesAnd I put down the old D.A.R.I love Harry and Sidney and SammyI hope every colored boy becomes a starBut don't talk about revolutionThat's going a little bit too farSo love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberalI cheered when Humphrey was chosenMy faith in the system restoredI'm glad the commies were thrown outof the A.F.L. BoardI love Puerto Ricans and Negrosas long as they don't move next doorSo love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberalThe people of old MississippiShould all hang their heads in shameI can't understand how their minds workWhat's the matter don't they watch Les Crain? But if you ask me to bus my childrenI hope the cops take down your nameSo love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal I read New Republic and NationI've learned to take every viewYou know, I've memorized Lerner and GoldenI feel like I'm almost a JewBut when it comes to times like KoreaThere's no one more red, white and blueSo love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberalI vote for the democratic party They want the U.N. To be strongI go to all the Pete Seeger concertsHe sure gets me singing those songsI'll send all the money you ask forBut don't ask me to come on alongSo love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberalOnce I was young and impulsiveI wore every conceivable pinEven went to the socialist meetingsLearned all the old union hymnsBut I've grown older and wiserAnd that's why I'm turning you inSo love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal.
Had his ruleWhen marshalls faced an angry mob to send one man to schoolHis name was jimmy meredithThe tide he helped to turnFor he chose to stay on that terrible dayThe land was soon to learnThere was blood, red blood, on their hands,Yellow dirt on their clothesWhat they thought they were doing,Only God and the devil knowsThere was hate, cold hate, in their hearts,Shot from their souls like a gunAnd as they threw their stones and bricks,They screamed, 'see what you have done!' The governor made a promise he would keep the trouble downBut when the mob got ugly no troopers could be foundAnd men were filled with hate and fear,They screamed into the nightThe rebel flag waved in the airThe symbol of state's rights There was blood, red blood, on their hands,Yellow dirt on their clothesWhat they thought they were doing,Only God and the devil knowsThere was hate, cold hate, in their hearts,Shot from their souls like a gunAnd as they threw their stones and bricks,They screamed, 'see what you have done!' Years got a taste of southern law He saw his friend a hanging and his color was his crime And the blood upon his jacket left a brand upon his mind CHORUS: Too many martyrs and too many dead Too many lies too many empty words were said Too many times for too many angry men Oh let it never be again And the boy became a man, the man became a cause The cause became the hope for the country and it's laws. They tried to burn his home and they beat him to the ground But deep inside they both knew what it took to bring him down.chorus.
The killer waited by his home hidden by the night As Evers stepped out from his car into the rifle sight He slowly squeezed the trigger, the bullet left his side It struck the heart of every man when Evers fell and died.chorus. And they laid him in his grave while the bugle sounded clear Laid him in his grave when the victory was near While we waited for the future for freedom through the land The country gained a killer and the country lost a man.chorus.