the name of this tune is mississippi goddam and i mean every word of it alabama s gotten me so upset tennessee made me lose my rest and everybody knows about mississippi goddamn alabama s gotten me so upset tennessee made me lose my rest and everybody knows about mississippi goddamn can t you see it can t you feel it it s all in the air i can t stand the pressure much longer somebody say a prayer alabama s gotten me so upset tennessee made me lose my rest and everybody knows about mississippi goddamn hound dogs on my trail school children sitting in jail black cat cross my path i think every day s gonna be my last lord have mercy on this land of mine we all gonna get it in due time i don t belong here i don t belong there i ve even stopped believing in prayer don t tell me i ll tell you me and my people just about due i ve been there so i know they keep on saying go slow  but that s just the trouble washing the windows picking the cotton you re just plain rotten you re too damn lazy the thinking s crazy where am i going what am i doing i don t know i don t know just try to do your very best stand up be counted with all the rest for everybody knows about mississippi goddamn picket lines school boycotts they try to say it s a communist plot all i want is equality for my sister my brother my people and me yes you lied to me all these years you told me to wash and clean my ears and talk real fine just like a lady and you d stop calling me sister sadie oh but this whole country is full of lies you re all gonna die and die like flies i don t trust you any more you keep on saying go slow go slow but that s just the trouble desegregation mass participation reunification do things gradually but bring more tragedy why don t you see it why don t you feel it i don t know i don t know you don t have to live next to me just give me my equality everybody knows about mississippi everybody knows about alabama everybody knows about mississippi goddamn that s it 3