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Back in Oxford Town

from Foolish Heart Of Mine by Dan Sullivan

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© Dan Sullivan 2016

They cornered James Meredith
In a dorm in Oxford Town
As Federal Marshals held back
The mob that gathered ‘round

And we’re back in Oxford Town
And it’s nineteen sixty-two
Mississippi’s burning
Can’t you feel the heat on you

Gunshots filled the air
There were broken bones and heads
When it was all over
There were two men who lay dead

And we’re still in Dallas, Texas
And the street is still bloodstained
And the sorrow never ends
And the pain won’t go away

All along the Slave Coast
They’re shackled and they’re stripped
They’re moving them in irons
And they’re loading them on ships

And we’re back in Old Virginny
Where if you could see ahead
You could watch Philando Castile
And the cop who shot him dead

Can you hear the decks a’creaking
As they’re coming off the ships
And they’re headed to the auction block
Tobacco fields and whips

And we’re back in Old Virginny
Where if you could see ahead
You could watch Philando Castile
And the cop who shot him dead

Now they tell me black lives matter
And so do white and blue
Where reason doesn’t matter
Slogans will have to do

And we’re still in Dallas, Texas
And the street is still bloodstained
And the sorrow never ends
And the pain won’t go away

And the legacy of slavery
Like all the father’s sins
Is passed on to their children
In the color of their skin

And we’re back in Oxford Town
And it’s nineteen sixty-two
Mississippi’s burning
Can’t you feel the heat on you

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from Foolish Heart Of Mine, track released July 12, 2016
© Dan Sullivan 2016

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Dan Sullivan Kalamazoo, Michigan

Some people like gardening, working on cars or woodworking. Others enjoy knitting, collecting stamps or coins. That kind of thing. I like writing songs.

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