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Talking Birmingham Jam (Live)
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Phil Ochs
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Well, I think whenever there's a deep tragedy, there's also present something of the ridiculous. So I'd like to do you a song now called "Talking Birmingham Jam." Verse 1] Walkin' down to Birmingham Way down south in Dixieland I thought that I would stop a while Take a vacation Southern style 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 fights While we feed our dogs on civil rights We beliеve in segregation Nеgroes in one mob Policemen, politicians, dogs in the other Well, I've seen travel in many ways I've traveled in cars and old subways But in Birmingham some people chose To fly down the street from a fire hose Doin' some hard travelin' From hydrants of plenty Well, a pack of dogs was standin' by 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 around There can't be only you dogs in town" They said "Sure we have old Bull Conner There he goes, walkin' yonder 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 doing his duty, he ain't no fool He's blocking out kids from our schools Standin' in the doorway Crackin' jokes Gettin' re-elected." So, I asked 'em why they spent their time 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 agitators" (Yeah) Some say they've passed their darkest hour Those moderates are back in power They'll listen close with open ears They'll help us out in a couple of hundred years But don't push 'em, whatever you do Or else you'll get those extremists back in You see Alabama is a sovereign state With sovereign dogs and sovereign hate They stand for the Bible, for the Constitution They stand against Communist revolution They say "It's pinkos like you that freed the slaves"
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