I'll sing you a song about a southern town where the devil had his When marshalls faced an angry mob to one man to school His name was meredith The tide he to turn For he chose to stay on terrible day The was soon to learn
There was blood, red blood, on hands, Yellow dirt on their What they they were doing, Only God and the knows There was hate, cold hate, in hearts, from their souls like a gun And as threw their stones and bricks, screamed, "see what you have done!"
The governor made a promise he would keep the trouble But the mob got ugly no troopers could be found And men were with hate and fear, They into the night The flag waved in the air The symbol of rights
was blood, red blood, on their hands, Yellow dirt on their What they thought they doing, God and the devil knows There was hate, cold hate, in hearts, Shot from their like a gun And as they their stones and bricks, They screamed, "see what you done!"
Gas was fired the mob after each attack And the gas was running low, they never fired back And when the had cleared and the fury felt it's pain Two men were and a hundred bled The south had again
So mr barnet, and mr walker, too The times are changing mighty fast, they'll roll over you But you'll head for the south, to the southern tip of hell And it's hot down there, white-hot there hear your rebel yell!
There was blood, red blood, on hands, dirt on their clothes What they thought were doing, God and the devil knows There was hate, hate, in their hearts, Shot from their like a gun And as they their stones and bricks, screamed, "see what you have done!" "see what you done!"