MISSISSIPPI
IN SIXTY ONE
THEY WATCHED
HIS DADDY DIE
GUIDED BY THE LIGHT
OF A BURNIN' CROSS
THAT LIT THE DELTA SKY
KEVIN AND WILLIE
TEN YEARS OLD
THEY WERE
BEST OF FRIENDS
THE ONLY WAY
YOU COULD
TELL 'EM APART
WAS THE COLOR
OF THEIR SKIN
COME ON WILLIE
KEVIN SCREAMED
LET'S GET OUT OF HERE
WILLIE'S NUMB
CAN'T EVEN RUN
FROZEN THERE
WITH FEAR
SO KEVIN TAKES OFF
THROUGH THE WOODS
YELLIN' I'LL BE BACK
FOR YOU
RUNNIN' FAST
OUT OF BREATH
CAN'T STOP AND REST
HIS DADDY WOULD
KNOW WHAT TO DO
AND RUSHIN' THROUGH
THE DOOR HE SEES
THE EYES OF A MAN
HIS DADDY'S WASHIN'
THE BLOOD OUT OF
A SHEET BUT IT WON'T
COME OFF HIS HANDS
AND THE BLOOD STILL
RUNS DOWN
CHEROKEE HIGHWAY
A SENSELESS RIVER
FILLED WITH ALL
THEY'VE SHED
JUST TWO DARK SIDES
TO CHEROKEE
HIGHWAY
BUT BLACK OR WHITE
THE BLOOD STILL
RUNS RED
NOW THE FIRE IS
AT THE FUSE
IN A TOWN THAT JUST
WON'T LEARN
THE WORD IS OUT
MAKE THE
WHITE MAN PAY
GONNA WATCH HIS
FARM HOUSE BURN
MIDNIGHT
THE FLAMES BEGIN
KEVIN'S DADDY'S
THE FIRST TO ARISE
SO HE GRABS HIS GUN
AND HE GRABS
HIS WIFE BUT KEVIN'S
STILL INSIDE
BUT FROM
THE SHADOWS
COMES A BOY
WITH DARKER SKIN
THOUGH THEY KILLED
HIS DADDY, GONNA
SAVE HIS FRIEND
HE RUNS THROUGH
THE DOOR
AS THE HOUSE
FALLS IN
AND THE BLOOD STILL
RUNS DOWN
CHEROKEE HIGHWAY
A SENSELESS RIVER
FILLED WITH ALL
THEY'VE SHED
JUST TWO DARK SIDES
TO CHEROKEE
HIGHWAY
BUT BLACK OR WHITE
THE BLOOD STILL
RUNS RED
STANDIN' IN
THE ASHES HE SEES
WHAT HATE REALLY IS
TWO LITTLE BODIES
BOTH BURNED BLACK
CAN'T TELL
WHICH CHILD IS HIS
AND THE BLOOD STILL
RUNS DOWN
CHEROKEE HIGHWAY
A SENSELESS RIVER
FILLED WITH ALL
THEY'VE SHED
JUST TWO DARK SIDES
TO CHEROKEE
HIGHWAY
BUT BLACK OR WHITE
THE BLOOD STILL
RUNS RED
IT STILL RUNS RED
OOH OOH OOH OOH