Talking Birmingham Jam
Walkin' down to Birmingham,
way down south in Dixieland
I thought that I would stop a whil
Take a vacation Southern styl
Got some Southern hospitality...down there in a Southern hospital
Well, all the signs said Welcome in,
Welcome if you're white my friend
Come along and watch the fight
While we feed our dogs on civil rights
We believe in segregation...Negroes in one mob..
Policemen, politicians, dogs in the othe
Well I've seen travel in many way
I've traveled in cars and old subway
But in Birmingham some people chos
To fly down the street from a fire hose
Doin' some hard travelin'...from hydrants of plenty
Well a pack of dogs was standin' b
I walked up to them and I said "Hi"
Well I asked one dog what they all were doin
He walked up to me and started chewin
It was a black dog...seems everybody down there is prejudiced
Well I said there must be some men aroun
There can't be only you dogs in tow
They said "Sure we have old Bull Conne
There he goes, walkin' yonde
Throwin' some raw meat to the mayor...feedin' bones to the City Council"
Well I said "there's still something missing here
You must have a governor somewhere."
Sure, he's doin' his duty, he ain't no foo
He's blocking out kids from our school
Standin' in the doorway...crackin' jokes...gettin' re-elected
So, I asked em' how they spend their tim
With segregation on their mind
They said if you don't like to live this way
Get outta here, go back to the U.S.A
Live with all them Russians...New York agitatiors...yeah
Some say they've passed their darkest hou
Those moderates are back in power
But listen close with open ears
They'll help us out in a couple a hundred years
But don't push 'em...whatever you do..
or else you get those extremists back in
You see Alabama is a soveriegn state
With soveriegn dogs and soveriegn hat
They stand for the Bible, for the Constitutio
They stand against Communist revolution
They say: "It's pinkos like you that freed the slaves."
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