
	Pre>em g d In the state of mississippi many years ago Am em A boy of 14 years got a taste of southern law Em g d He saw his friend a hanging and his color was his crime Am em And the blood upon his jacket left a brand upon his mind Am d g Chorus: too many martyrs and too many dead Am d g (em optional) Too many lies too many empty words were said Am d g Too many times for too many angry men Am d em Oh let it never be again His name was medgar evers and he walked his road alone Like emmett till and thousands more whose names we’ll never know 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* /pre> More lyrics from Phil Ochs .: A Toast to Those Who Are Gone .: All My Heroes Are Dead .: Another Age .: Another Country .: As I Walk Alone .: Automation Song .: Bach, Beethoven, Mozart Me .: Ballad of Medgar Evers .: Ballad of Oxford .: Ballad of The Cuban Invasion .: Ballad of William Worthy .: Basket in The Pool .: Bound for Glory .: Boy in Ohio .: Bracero .: Bullets of Mexico .: Bwatue .: Celia .: Changes .: Chaplain of The War .: Chords of Fame .: Christine Keeler .: City Boy .: Colored Town .: Cops of The World .: Cross My Heart .: Crucifixion .: Davey Moore .: Days of Decision .: Do What I Have to Do .: Doesn't Lenny Live Here Anymore .: Draft Dodger Rag .: Encores .: Fallen Star .: Fifty Mile Hike .: Firehouse 35 .: First Snow .: Flower Lady .: Freedom Riders .: Gas Station Women .: Going Down to Mississipi .: Green Hills .: Half a Century High .: Hands .: Hazard, Kentucky .: Here's to The State of Mississippi .: Here's to The State of Richard Nixon .: How High's The Watergate .: How Long .: Hunger & Cold .: I Ain't Marching Anymore .: I Dreamed I Saw Phil Ochs Last Night .: I Kill Therefore I Am .: I Like Hitler .: I'll Be There .: I'm Going to Say It Now .: I'm Tired .: I've Had Her .: If I Knew .: In The Heat of The Summer .: Is There Anybody Here .: It's Been a Long, Long Story .: Jim Dean of Indiana .: Joe Hill .: Just One of Those Days .: Kansas City Bomber .: Keep The Change .: Knock on The Door .: Legends .: Links on The Chain .: Lou Marsh .: Love is a Rainbow .: Love Me, I'm a Liberal .: Maintaining Law & Order .: Men Behind The Guns .: Miranda .: Monroe Town .: Morning .: My Kingdom for a Car .: My Life .: Never Again .: New Town .: Niko Mchumba Ngombe .: No Christmas in Kentucky .: No More Songs .: On Her Hand a Golden Ring .: On My Way .: One More Parade .: One Way Ticket Home .: Outside of a Small Circle of Friends .: Paul Crump .: Phil .: Phil Ochs .: Phil Ochs, Bob Dylan, Steve Goodman, David Blue & Me .: Pleasures of The Harbor .: Pretty Smart on My Part .: Rehearsals for Retirement .: Remember Me .: Ringing of Revolution .: Rivers of The Blood Click here for all the other lyrics of Phil Ochs !

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