Bear It Away Lyrics

He lived his life A civil service man Designing toilets For the space program He believed If we could go to the moon There's nothing on Earth A man can't do So he ordered a ton Of...Read Full Lyrics

Saw the mark Of a Pharaoh's hand In the middle Of a field of sand Seven wonders Have come and gone Only one's Still hanging on Watched a man In sixty-nine Take one small step For ...Read Full Lyrics

Huey was a captain with Andy Jackson He settled in Kentucky on a soldier's pay It was two hundred acres and for almost as many years The land has borne my family name You can coun...Read Full Lyrics

They forced it On the county school board And made a lot people mad They planned to bus Us off across town And things got really bad That's when The private schools Were started A...Read Full Lyrics

I heard Odessa's mind was sick That she was crazier than hell The police caught her turning tricks Down at the Blue and Gray motel Odessa was the neighbor's maid She had ten mouths...Read Full Lyrics

Rust hills Red clay Steel mills Deep tang Lime stone Iron veins Loose coal Deep tang Birmingham Birmingham Beneath the haze Your skies once blue Now deep tang Smoke stacks Orang...Read Full Lyrics

You can pray with all your might Till your knuckles all turn white You can look the other way Hope it's gone with each new day You can do your best to hide You can hold it all ins...Read Full Lyrics

Delmus Jackson was a black man Delmus Jackson was a custodian He cleaned the church house Five days a week Delmus Jackson talked to me He'd say I'm working for the Lord Gonna see ...Read Full Lyrics

I see faces in the water Of a time not gone by I see places in the water Where so many souls won't die I hear babies and their mothers Crying Lord, oh lord why I hear wailing for t...Read Full Lyrics

Every night It's the same routine He has some hurting He's got to do Sets up a shrine To her memory So he can Fade to blue He takes her picture From its hiding place Tells it he l...Read Full Lyrics