[ti:Only a Pawn in Their Game] [ar:Bob Dylan] [al:The Complete Album Collection Vol.1] [by:lrc.d4321.com]
[00:01.380] A bullet from the back of a bush took Medgar Evers' blood [00:08.550] A finger fired the trigger to his name [00:13.560] A handle hid out in the dark [00:17.770] A hand set the spark [00:19.900] Two eyes took the aim [00:23.300] Behind a man's brain [00:26.640] But he can't be blamed [00:29.690] He's only a pawn in their game [00:36.480] A south politician preaches to the poor white man [00:43.350] You got more than blacks don't complain [00:47.460] You're better than them you been born with white skin they explain [00:54.630] And the Negro's name [00:58.160] Is used it is plain [01:01.440] For the politician's gain [01:04.590] As he rises to fame [01:06.940] And the poor white remains [01:09.020] On the caboose of the train [01:11.420] But it ain't him to blame [01:13.600] He's only a pawn in their game [01:23.180] The deputy sheriffs the soldiers the governors get paid [01:29.870] And the marshals and cops get the same [01:35.280] But the poor white man's used in the hands of them all like a tool [01:43.200] He's taught in his school [01:46.070] From the start by the rule [01:48.550] That the laws are with him [01:50.810] To protect his white skin [01:53.230] To keep up his hate [01:55.170] So he never thinks straight [01:57.160] 'Bout the shape that he's in [01:59.290] But it ain't him to blame [02:01.330] He's only a pawn in their game [02:09.940] From the poverty shacks he looks from the cracks to the tracks [02:17.190] And the hoof beats pound in his brain [02:21.280] And he's taught how to walk in a pack [02:25.390] Shoot in the back [02:26.580] With his fist in a clinch [02:29.960] To hang and to lynch [02:32.800] To hide neath the hood [02:34.870] To kill with no pain [02:37.030] Like a dog on a chain [02:39.180] He ain't got no name [02:41.280] But it ain't him to blame [02:43.270] He's only a pawn in their game [02:51.820] Today Medgar Evers was buried from the bullet he caught [02:58.820] They lowered him down as a king [03:04.410] But when the shadowy sun sets on the one [03:09.290] That fired the gun [03:11.300] He'll see by his grave [03:14.200] On the stone that remains [03:16.700] Carved next to his name [03:18.760] His epitaph plain [03:21.160] Only a pawn in their game