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Too Many Martyrs

In the state of Mississippi many years ago

A boy of 14 years got a taste of southern law

He saw his friend a hanging and his color was his crime

And the blood upon his jacket, left a brand upon his mindToo many martyrs and too many dead

Too many lies, too many empty words were said

Too many times for too many angry men

Oh, let it never be againHis name was Medgar Evers and he walked his road alone

Like Emmett Till and thousands more whose names we'll never know

They tried to burn his home and they beat him to the ground

But deep inside they both knew what it took to bring him downToo many martyrs and too many dead

Too many lies, too many empty words were said

Too many times for too many angry men

Oh, let it never be againThe killer waited by his home, hidden by the night

As Evers stepped out from his car into the rifle sight

He slowly squeezed the trigger, the bullet left his side

It struck the heart of every man when Evers fell and diedToo many martyrs and too many dead

Too many lies, too many empty words were said

Too many times for too many angry men

Oh, let it never be againAnd they laid him in his grave while the bugle sounded clear

Laid him in his grave when the victory was near

While we waited for the future for freedom through the land

The country gained a killer and the country lost a manToo many martyrs and too many dead

Too many lies, too many empty words were said

Too many times for too many angry men

Oh, let it never be again

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