Ballad of Medgar Evers (Live) Phil Ochs

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[Verse 1]
In the state of Mississippi many years ago
A boy of fourteen years got a taste of Southern law
He saw his friend a-hangin', his color was his crime
The blood upon his jacket put a brand upon his mind

[Chorus]
Too 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

[Verse 2]
Then the boy became a man, the man became a cause
The cause became the hope for the country and its laws
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 down

[Chorus]
Too 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

[Verse 3]
The 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 died