Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Alabama '69, artist - Humble Pie. Date of issue: 30.12.1969
Song language: English
Alabama '69 |
| Yep |
| This one’s called «Alabama 69» |
| I come from Alabama and I work a ten pound hammer |
| And my woman’s picking cotton for the boss man on the hill |
| They work us till they break our back |
| Beat us cos our skin is black |
| I guess I’ll have to slave till the whip is in the grave |
| Yeah, when will we be free |
| I wanna walk down any road |
| And feel I have my liberty |
| Well, from day to day I live to die |
| The scars across my back don’t lie |
| Ain’t there anyone out there |
| To hear my freedom cry |
| Well, I believe a man’s a man who earns his pay as best he can |
| The color of his skin don’t mean he ain’t just like you |
| Yeah, but white folk here don’t give a hell |
| They think that we were born to smell |
| Of sweat and dust and dirt |
| Or plough until we die |
| Hallelujah |
| Let me hear you now |
| When will we be free |
| I wanna walk down any road |
| And feel I have my liberty |
| These shoes I’m wearing every day |
| Got holes the size of Frisco Bay |
| I’m praying for the time |
| When there will come a judgment day |
| Let me play you some lead here |
| Ooh, ooh |
| Well, we all know how long it is since Lincoln made those promises |
| That one day we would walk along the white side of the street |
| Now, but there were some bad folk around |
| That got so riled they shot him down |
| And there ain’t a cop in town |
| Who wouldn’t do the same for me |
| Yeah, now, when will we be free |
| I wanna walk down any road |
| And feel I have my liberty |
| Well, now, now |
| When will we be free |
| Yeah, yeah |
| When will we be free |
| Ooh, yeah |
| When will we be free |
| Well, now, now |
| When will we be free |
| Well, now, now, now, now |
| When will we be free |