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Here's to the state of Mississippi,<br />For Underheath her borders, the devil draws no lines,<br />If you drag her muddy river, nameless bodies you will find.<br />Whoa the fat trees of the forest have hid a thousand crimes,<br />The calender is lyin' when it reads the present time.<br />Whoa here's to the land you've torn out the heart of,<br />Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of!<br /><br />Here's to the people of Mississippi<br />Who say the folks up north, they just don't understand<br />And they tremble in their shadows at the thunder of the Klan<br />The sweating of their souls can't wash the blood from off their hands<br />They smile and shrug their shoulders at the murder of a man<br />Oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of<br />Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of<br /><br />Here's to the schools of Mississippi<br />Where they're teaching all the children that they don't have to care<br />All of rudiments of hatred are present everywhere<br />And every single classroom is a factory of despair<br />There's nobody learning such a foreign word as fair<br />Oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of<br />Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of<br /><br />Here's to the cops of Mississippi<br />They're chewing their tobacco as they lock the prison door<br />Their bellies bounce inside them as they knock you to the floor<br />No they don't like taking prisoners in their private little war<br />Behind their broken badges there are murderers and more<br />Oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of<br />Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of<br /><br />And, here's to the judges of Mississippi<br />Who wear the robe of honor as they crawl into the court<br />They're guarding all the bastions with their phony legal fort<br />Oh, justice is a stranger when the prisoners report<br />When the black man stands accused the trial is always short<br />Oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of<br />Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of<br /><br />And here's to the government of Mississippi<br />In the swamp of their bureaucracy they're always bogging down<br />And criminals are posing as the mayors of the towns<br />They're hoping that no one sees the sights and hears the sounds<br />And the speeches of the governor are the ravings of a clown<br />Oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of<br />Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of<br /><br />And here's to the laws of Mississippi<br />Congressmen will gather in a circus of delay<br />While the Constitution is drowning in an ocean of decay<br />Unwed mothers should be sterilized, I've even heard them say<br />Yes, corruption can be classic in the Mississippi way<br />Oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of<br />Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of<br /><br />And here's to the churches of Mississippi<br />Where the cross, once made of silver, now is caked with rust<br />And the Sunday morning sermons pander to their lust<br />The fallen face of Jesus is choking in the dust<br />Heaven only knows in which God they can trust<br />Oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of<br />Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of
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Here's to the state of Mississippi,<br />For Underheath her borders, the devil draws no lines,<br />If you drag her muddy river, nameless bodies you will find.<br />Whoa the fat trees of the forest have hid a thousand crimes,<br />The calender is lyin' when it reads the present time.<br />Whoa here's to the land you've torn out the heart of,<br />Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of!<br /><br />Here's to the people of Mississippi<br />Who say the folks up north, they just don't understand<br />And they tremble in their shadows at the thunder of the Klan<br />The sweating of their souls can't wash the blood from off their hands<br />They smile and shrug their shoulders at the murder of a man<br />Oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of<br />Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of<br /><br />Here's to the schools of Mississippi<br />Where they're teaching all the children that they don't have to care<br />All of rudiments of hatred are present everywhere<br />And every single classroom is a factory of despair<br />There's nobody learning such a foreign word as fair<br />Oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of<br />Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of<br /><br />Here's to the cops of Mississippi<br />They're chewing their tobacco as they lock the prison door<br />Their bellies bounce inside them as they knock you to the floor<br />No they don't like taking prisoners in their private little war<br />Behind their broken badges there are murderers and more<br />Oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of<br />Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of<br /><br />And, here's to the judges of Mississippi<br />Who wear the robe of honor as they crawl into the court<br />They're guarding all the bastions with their phony legal fort<br />Oh, justice is a stranger when the prisoners report<br />When the black man stands accused the trial is always short<br />Oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of<br />Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of<br /><br />And here's to the government of Mississippi<br />In the swamp of their bureaucracy they're always bogging down<br />And criminals are posing as the mayors of the towns<br />They're hoping that no one sees the sights and hears the sounds<br />And the speeches of the governor are the ravings of a clown<br />Oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of<br />Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of<br /><br />And here's to the laws of Mississippi<br />Congressmen will gather in a circus of delay<br />While the Constitution is drowning in an ocean of decay<br />Unwed mothers should be sterilized, I've even heard them say<br />Yes, corruption can be classic in the Mississippi way<br />Oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of<br />Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of<br /><br />And here's to the churches of Mississippi<br />Where the cross, once made of silver, now is caked with rust<br />And the Sunday morning sermons pander to their lust<br />The fallen face of Jesus is choking in the dust<br />Heaven only knows in which God they can trust<br />Oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of<br />Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of
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