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Here's To The State Of Mississippi
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Phil Ochs
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Here's to the State of Mississippi,
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For underneath her borders, the devil draws no lines,
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If you drag her muddy rivers, nameless bodies you will find.
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Oh the fat trees of the forest have hid a thousand crimes,
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The calender is lyin' when it reads the present time.
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Whoa here's to the land you've torn out the heart of,
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Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of!
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And here's to the people of Mississippi
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Who say the folks up north, they just don't understand
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And they tremble in the shadows at the thunder of the Klan
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Oh the sweating of their souls can't wash the blood from off their hands
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For they smile and shrug their shoulders at the murder of a man.
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Oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of
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Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of
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And here's to the schools of Mississippi
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Where they're teachin' all the children that they don't have to care.
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All the rudiments of hatred are present everywhere
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And every single classroom is a factory of despair
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And there's nobody learning such a foreign word as "˜fair'
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Whoa, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of
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Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of
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And here's to the cops of Mississippi
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They're chewin' their tobacco as they lock the prison door
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And their bellies bounce inside them when they knock you to the floor
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No they don't like takin' prisoners in their private little wars
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And behind their broken badges there are murderers and more
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Whoa, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of
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Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of
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And here's to the judges of Mississippi
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Who wear the robe of honor as they crawl into the court
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And they're guarding all the bastions of their phony legal fort
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Oh, justice is a stranger when the prisoners report
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When the black man stands accused the trial is always short
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Whoa, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of
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Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of
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And here's to the government of Mississippi
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In the swamp of their bureaucracy they're always bogging down
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And criminals are posing as the mayors of the towns
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And they hope that no one sees the sights and no one hears the sounds
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And the speeches of the governor are the ravings of a clown
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Oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of
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Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of
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And here's to the laws of Mississippi
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Congressmen will gather in a circus of delay
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While the Constitution's drowning in an ocean of decay
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"˜Unwed mothers should be sterilized,' I've even heard them say
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Yes, corruption can be classic in the Mississippi way
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Whoa, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of
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Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of
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And here's to the churches of Mississippi
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Where the cross, once made of silver, now is caked with rust
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And the Sunday morning sermons pander to their lust
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Oh the fallen face of Jesus is choking in the dust
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And heaven only knows in which God they can trust
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Oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of
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Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of
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