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	Current version of Bob Dylan Lyrics Only a Pawn In Their Game (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/b/bob-dylan/only-a-pawn-in-their-ga...) Current version of the lyrics						Version 1 of Bob Dylan Lyrics Only a Pawn In Their Game (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/b/bob-dylan/only-a-pawn-in-their-ga...) Version 1 of the lyrics
1	A bullet from the back of a bush took Medgar Evers' blood						A bullet from the back of a bush	1
1							took Medgar Evers' blood	1
	A finger fired the trigger to his name						A finger fired the trigger to his name
	A handle hid out in the dark						A handle hid out in the dark
	A hand set the spark						A hand set the spark
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	Two eyes took the aim						Two eyes took the aim
	Behind a man's brain						Behind a man's brain
	But he can't be blamed						But he can't be blamed
2	He's only a pawn in their game						He's only a pawn in their game.	2
2								2
3	A south politician preaches to the poor white man							3
4	"You got more than the blacks, don't complain							4
5	You're better than them							5
6	You been born with white skin," they explain							6
3	And the negro's name is used, it is plain						A South politician preaches	3
4	For the politician's gain as he rises to fame						to the poor white man	4
5	And the poor white remains on the caboose of the train						"You got more than blacks, don't complain	5
6	But it ain't him to blame, he's only a pawn in their game						You're better than them, you	6
2							been born with white skin"	2
3							they explain	3
4							And the Negro's name	4
5							Is used it is plain	5
6							For the politician's gain	6
7							As he rises to fame	7
8							And the poor white remains	8
9							On the caboose of the train	9
10							But it ain't him to blame	10
11							He's only a pawn in their game.	11
7	The deputy sheriffs, the soldiers, the governors get paid						The deputy sheriffs, the soldiers,	7
12							the governors get paid	12
	And the marshals and cops get the same						And the marshals and cops get the same
8	But the poor white man's						But the poor white man's used	8
9	Used in the hands of them all like a tool						in the hands of them all like	9
10							a tool	10
11	He's taught in his school from the start by the rule						He's taught in his school	11
12	That the laws are with him to protect his white skin						From the start by the rule	12
13	To keep up his hate so he never thinks straight						That the laws are with him	13
14	'Bout the shape that he's in, but it ain't him to blame						To protect his white skin	14
15	He's only a pawn in their game						To keep up his hate	15
16							So he never thinks straight	16
17	From the poverty shacks he looks from the cracks to the tracks						'Bout the shape that he's in	17
13							But it ain't him to blame	13
14							He's only a pawn in their game.	14
15								15
16							From the powerty shacks, he	16
17							looks from the cracks to	17
18							the tracks	18
	And the hoof beats pound in his brain						And the hoof beats pound in his brain
	And he's taught how to walk in a pack						And he's taught how to walk in a pack
18	Shoot in the back with his fist in a clinch						Shoot in the back	18
19							With his fist in a clinch	19
20	To hang and to lynch, to hide 'neath the hood						To hang and to lynch	20
21	To kill with no pain like a dog on a chain						To hide 'neath the hood	21
22	He ain't got no name but it ain't him to blame						To kill with no pain	22
23	He's only a pawn in their game						Like       a dog on a chain	23
19							He ain't got no name	19
20							But it ain't him to blame	20
21							He's only a pawn in their game.	21
24	Today, Medgar Evers was buried from the bullet he caught						Today, Medgar Evers was buried	24
22							from the bullet he caught	22
	They lowered him down as a king						They lowered him down as a king
	But when the shadowy sun sets on the one						But when the shadowy sun sets on the one
	That fired the gun						That fired the gun
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	He'll see by his grave						He'll see by his grave
	On the stone that remains						On the stone that remains
25	Carved next to his name, his epitaph plain						Carved next to his name	25
	Only a pawn in their game						His epitaph plain:
23							Only a pawn in their game.	23

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