Southern Man - Merry Clayton

Southern man you 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

Southern man

I saw cotton

And I saw a man

Tall white mansions

And little shacks

Southern man

When will you

Pay them back

I heard screamin'

Bullwhips cracking

How long how long

How long is it gonna last

Southern man

Lily belle

Your hair is golden brown

I've seen your black man

Comin' round

I swear by god

I'm gonna cut him down

I heard screamin'

Bullwhips cracking

How long how long

How long is it gonna last

Oh southern man

Southern man

Better keep your head

Don't forget

What your good book said

Southern change

About to come

You gotta stop burning

Your crosses so fast

Southern man