Sundown Town (The Reverend Tom Toad) Songtext

von Ry Cooder

Mine eyes have seen the beauty of a land bright and fair
My soul looked out and wondered, can we make the journey there
But I've lost my sight and I have to be led
I mean to work for justice till I'm dead

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Sundown town, sundown town
Don't let 'em catch you, Buddy, when the sun goes down
There won't be no more friends around
Don't let 'em catch you, Buddy, when the sun goes down

I used to preach and I used to pray
Was the prayinest man that you ever did see
But they ran my people off one day
Now there ain't nobody 'round that looks like me

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Well, we used to sing and we used to shout
Was the shoutinest church that you ever did see
But I ain't gonna preach and I ain't gonna sing
And I don't feel at home in this town no more

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If you black, you better get back
And if you brown, don't you hang around
And if you red, you might be dead
And if you ain't white, man, you just ain't right

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