Ballad of Oxford (Jimmy Meredith) Lyrics

I'm just a city boy Born and bred It's a city life I've led My pasture was a street I've never climbed a tree But that's all right with me 'Cause I'm a city boy I'm just a city boy...Read Full Lyrics

Just across the railroad tracks On the far side of the town All the people there are black And they live in colored town Colored town Speeding cars down the highway run They never...Read Full Lyrics

[intro: ] All around this country, trouble in the air And I hear the voices calling me Asking "do you know and do you care? Do you know and do you care?" So I'm a-gonna do what I ...Read Full Lyrics

I'm going down to Mississippi I'm going down a southern road And if you never see me again Remember that I had to go Remember that I had to go It's a long road down to Mississippi ...Read Full Lyrics

When the river of rebellion overflows, I'll be there When the seed of discontent plants and grows, I'll be there Watching for the sun through the dark and rainy storm Searching for...Read Full Lyrics

Sometime's I feel that the world isn't mine It feeds on my hunger and tears on my time And I'm tired, Yes, I'm tired Every face on the street is as cold the air As hard as the pave...Read Full Lyrics

Christmas shoppers shopping on a neon city street Another Christmas dollar for another Christmas treat There's satin on the pretty dolls that make the children glow While a boy wal...Read Full Lyrics

Pre> Dm g In the state of illinois 'bout nine years ago Dm see bb a A cold blooded killer he went against the law Dm g He killed a factory guard when his robbery did fail Dm see g ...Read Full Lyrics

Walkin' down an alabama road Rememberin' what the Bible told D g d am Walkin' with a letter in his hand D g d am Dreaming of another southern land Am Walkin' down an alabama road ...Read Full Lyrics