Can't you feel it it's all in the air
I made you thought I was kiddin'
Alabama's gotten me so upset
Just try to do your very best
Washing the windows
Can't you see it
Why don't you see it
Do it slow
I don't know, I don't know
You don't have to live next to me
But bring more tragedy
Do it slow
Me and my people just about due
Do it slow
I can't stand the pressure much longer
Desegregation
Do it slow
And everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam
They keep on saying, "Go slow"
Do it slow
And you'd stop calling me Sister Sadie
But that's just the trouble
Do it slow
But the show hasn't been written for it, yet
You're too damn lazy
Alabama's gotten me so upset
I don't trust you any more
Alabama's gotten me so upset
Do it slow
Do it slow
Hound dogs on my trail
Oh but this whole country is full of lies
I've been there so I know
Everybody knows about Alabama
Reunification
Do it slow
For everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam
Tennessee made me lose my rest
Everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam
Stand up be counted with all the rest
They try to say it's a communist plot
Don't tell me, I tell you
You're all gonna die and die like flies
Black cat cross my path
And talk real fine just like a lady
Tennessee made me lose my rest
Why don't you feel it
Tennessee made me lose my rest
We all gonna get it in due time
Picket lines school boy cots
Where am I going, what am I doing?
For my sister my brother my people and me
And everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam
Picking the cotton
The thinking's crazy
Do it slow
Do things gradually
I've even stopped believing in prayer
Just give me my equality
Yes you lied to me all these years
And everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam
All I want is equality
Do it slow
Do it slow
Lord have mercy on this land of mine
I think every day's gonna be my last
You told me to wash and clean my ears
You're just plain rotten
You keep on saying "Go slow, go slow!"
I don't know, I don't know
But that's just the trouble
School children sitting in jail
Everybody knows about Mississippi
I don't belong here, I don't belong there
This is a show tune
Somebody say a prayer
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