RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: AMERICAN DEMOCRACY
Mississippi Goddamn *
It’s been sixty long years
Since the singer wrote that song
Through the fog and misty tears
About Mississippi’s wrongs
Mississippi goddamn
It’s been a long hard climb
Mississippi goddamn
You came through this time
Since LBJ flipped the South
By coming out for Voting Rights
Mississippi was left out
Because it wasn’t worth the fight
Mississippi goddamn
Though it really does seem strange
Mississippi goddamn
It feels good to see the change
It’s been a long time a coming
We’ve got a long way to go
We can hear those drums a drumming
The rising tide will grow
Mississippi goddamn
It’s time to take a bow
Mississippi goddamn
The change is coming now
* The song by Nina Simone
