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	Current version of Flobots Lyrics Anne Braden (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/f/flobots/anne-braden/) Current version of the lyrics						Version 1 of Flobots Lyrics Anne Braden (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/f/flobots/anne-braden/v1.html) Version 1 of the lyrics
1	What I’ve realized since is						[Spoken]	1
2	That it                  is a very painful process						What I've realized since is that it's	2
3	But                              it is not destructive						a very painful process but it is not	3
4	It’s the world deliberation						destructive. It's	4
5							the world deliberation. And what really	5
6	That what really happened in the '60s						happened in the sixties was that this	6
7	Was that this country took just the first step						country took just	7
8	Toward admittin’                          that it had been wrong on race						the first step toward admitting that it	8
9	And creativity burst out in all directions						had been wrong on race, and creativity	9
1							burst out in all directions.	1
	From the color of the faces in Sunday songs						From the color of the faces in Sunday songs
	To the hatred they raised all the youngsters on						To the hatred they raised all the youngsters on
	Once upon a time in this country, long ago						Once upon a time in this country, long ago
10	She knew there was somethin’ wrong						She knew there was something wrong	10
11							Because the song said "yellow, red, black, and white	11
12	Because                    the song said yellow, red, black, and white						Every one precious in the path of Christ"	12
13	Everyone precious in the path of Christ						But what about the daughter	13
14	But what about the daughter of the woman cleanin’ their house						Of                                 the woman cleaning their house?	14
15	Wasn’t she a child they were singin’ about?						Wasn't she a child they were singin' about?	15
16							And if Jesus loves us, black and white skin	16
1	And if Jesus loves us black and white skin							1
	Why didn't her white mother invite them in?						Why didn't her white mother invite them in?
	When did it become a room for no blacks to step in?						When did it become a room for no blacks to step in?
	How did she already know not to ask the question?						How did she already know not to ask the question?
17							Left lasting impressions	17
18	Left lastin’ impressions						At a lesson, comfort's gone (?)	18
19	Adolescence’s comforts gone						She never thought things would ever change,	19
20	She never thought things would ever change						But she always knew there was something wrong.	20
2	But she always knew there was somethin’ wrong							2
21							Always knew there was somethin' wrong.	21
22	She always knew there was somethin’ wrong						She always knew there was somethin' wrong.	22
23	She always knew there was somethin’ wrong						Years later, she found herself	23
24							Mississippi bound to help	24
25	Years later she found herself Mississippi bound						Stop the legalized lynching of Mr. Willy McGee.	25
26	To help           stop the legalized lynchin’ of Mr. Willie McGee						But they couldn't stop it,	26
27	But they couldn’t stop it, so, they thought						So they thought that they'd talk to the	27
28	That they’d talk to the governor about what happened and say						governor about what'd happened	28
29	“Were               tired of bein’ used as an excuse to kill black men”						And say, "We're tired of being used as	29
30							an excuse to kill black men."	30
31	But the cops wouldn’t let ‘em past						But the cops wouldn't let 'em past	31
32	And these women they struck ‘em as uppity						And these women, they struck 'em as uppity	32
33	So, they hauled ‘em all off to jail						So they hauled 'em all off to jail	33
34	And they called it protective custody						And they called in protective custody.	34
35							Then from her cell	35
36	Then from her cell she heard her jailers grumblin’ about outsiders						She                       heard her jailers	36
37	When she called him out and said she was from the South						Grumblin' about "outsiders".	37
38	They shouted, “Why is a nice Southern lady						When she called 'em out	38
39	Makin’ trouble for            the governor?”						And said she was from the south, they shouted,	39
40							"Why is a nice, Southern lady makin' trouble	40
41	She said, “I guess I'm not your type of lady						For the governor?"	41
42	And I     guess I'm not your type of Southerner						She said, "I guess I'm not your type of lady,	42
43	But before you call me traitor, well, it’s plainest just to say						And I guess I'm not your type of Southerner,	43
44	I was a child in Mississippi but I'm ashamed of it today”						But before you call me traitor,	44
45							Well it's plain as just to say (?)	45
46	She always knew there was somethin’ wrong						I                      was a child in Mississippi	46
47	She always knew there was somethin’ wrong						but I'm ashamed of it today."	47
3	She always knew there was somethin’ wrong							3
48	She always knew there was somethin’ wrong						She always knew there was somethin' wrong.	48
49							She always knew there was somethin' wrong.	49
50	And all of a sudden I realized that I was on the other side						She always knew there                               was somethin' wrong.	50
51							She always knew there was somethin' wrong.	51
52	Imagine the world that you’re standin’ within						[Spoken] And, all of a sudden, I	52
53	All of your neighbors and family friends						realized I was on the other side	53
4	How would you cope facin’ the fact							4
2							Imagine the world that you're standing within	2
3							All of your neighbors, they're family-friends.	3
4							How would you cope facing the fact	4
	The flesh on their hands was tainted with sin?						The flesh on their hands was tainted with sin?
54							She faced this every day.	54
55	She faced this every day						People she saw on a regular basis;	55
56	In people she saw on a regular basis						People         she loved, in several cases;	56
57	People she loved in several cases						People she knew were incredibly racist.	57
58	People                     she knew were incredibly racist						It was painful, but she never stopped loving them,	58
59							Never stopped callin' their names	59
60	It was painful but she never stopped lovin’ them						And                    she never stopped being a Southern woman	60
61	Never             stopped callin’ their names						And she never stopped fighting for change.	61
62	And she never stopped bein’ a Southern woman						And she saw that her struggle was	62
63	And she                           never stopped fightin’ for change						in the tradition of ancestors never aware of her (?)	63
64							It continues today:	64
65	And she saw that her struggle was in the tradition						The soul of a Southerner	65
66	Of ancestors never aware of her						born                          of the other America.	66
5	It continues today, the soul of a Southerner							5
67	Born of the other America						She always knew there was somethin' wrong.	67
68							She always knew there was somethin' wrong.	68
69	She always knew there was somethin’ wrong						She always knew there was somethin' wrong.	69
70	She always knew there was somethin’ wrong						She always knew there was somethin' wrong.	70
6	She always knew there was somethin’ wrong							6
71	She always knew there was somethin’ wrong						[Spoken]	71
72							What you win in the immediate battles	72
73	What you win in the immediate battles is						is little compared to the effort you	73
74	Is little compared to the effort you put into it						put into it but if	74
75	But if you see that as a part						you see that as a part of this total	75
76	Of this total movement to build a new world						movement to build a new world, you know what could be	76
77	You know what cathedral you're buildin’						(?? "oooh, ooooh"). You do have a	77
78	When you put your stone in						choice. You don't have to be a part of	78
79							the world of the	79
80	You do have a choice						lynchers. You can join the other	80
81	You don't have to be a part of the world of the lynchers						America. There is another America!	81
7	You can join the other America							7
8	There is an other America							8

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