Lyrics   © Dan Edelstein  2013

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Southern Ohio, 1923,
White-hooded Klan marched in town,
My 6-year-old mother shouted, “I see
Grandpa’s shoes under that gown!”

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Hush, hush, child …
Change is a-comin’ around …

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East Alabama, 1961,
Freedom Riders comin’ to town,
“Fire-bomb the Greyhound, blockade the door,
Kill all the ones who get out.”

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“Why do you hate them?
They’ve  done nothin’ to you,
What does your Good Book say?”

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Hush, hush, child …
Change is a-comin’ around …

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Blood was dripping off the bridge to Selma,
In Birmingham they bombed a Sunday school,
The perpetrators went to church on Sunday,
I guess they don’t believe the Golden Rule.

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“Why do you hate them?
They’ve done nothin’ to you,
… nothin’ … at all.”

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(instrumental)

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“Mississippi Burning” isn’t fiction,
Three young men were shot and buried there,
Just for tryin’ to register the voters,
Just for tryin’ to make elections fair.

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Cleveland, Ohio, November 2012,
Governor, what do you say?
Voters wait for hours, far as you can see,
“No problem, we planned it that way.”

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Hush, hush, child …
Change is a-comin’ around …
Hush, hush, child …
Change is a-comin’ around …