I'm going down to mississipi. I'm going down a southern road. And if you never see me again. Remember that I had to go. Remember that I had to go. . It's a long road down to mississipi.
Pre>intro: dm g dm g. . Dm g dm g. All around this country, trouble in the air. Bb am f c7. And I hear the voices calling me. F bb f dm. Asking "do you know and do you care?.
When the wind from the island is rollin' through the trees. When a kiss from a prison cell is carried in the breeze. That's when I wonder how sad a man can be.
I'll sing you a song about a southern town where the devil had his rule. When marshalls faced an angry mob to send one man to school. His name was jimmy meredith.
When the troubles of the world rest. Upon your weary shoulder. When the wind that blows upon. Your face is blowing colder. And every hour tells you you're getting older.
As I went out one evening to take the evening air. I was blessed by a blood-red moon. In Lincoln Park the dark was turning. . I spied a fair young maiden and a flame was in her eyes.
There's no place in this world where I'll belong when I'm gone. And I won't know the right from the wrong when I'm gone. And you won't find me singin' on this song when I'm gone.
POWER AND GLORY. Come and take a walk with me thru this green and growing land. Walk thru the meadows and the mountains and the sand. Walk thru the valleys and the rivers and the plains.
Phil Ochs. Oh I am just a student, sir. and only want to learn. But it's hard to read through the risin' smoke. of the books that you like to burn. So I'd like to make a promise.