Southern Man

 Southern man

 better keep your head

 Don't forget

 what your good book said

 Southern change

 gonna come at last

 Now your crosses

 are burning fast

 Southern man

 I saw cotton

 and I saw black

 Tall white mansions

 and little shacks.

 Southern man

 when will you

 pay them back?

 I heard screamin'

 and bullwhips cracking

 How long? How long?

 Southern man

 better keep your head

 Don't forget

 what your good book said

 Southern change

 gonna come at last

 Now your crosses

 are burning fast

 Southern man

 Lily Belle,

 your hair is golden brown

 I've seen your black man

 comin' round

 Swear by God

 I'm gonna cut him down!

 I heard screamin'

 and bullwhips cracking

 How long? How long?