Birmingham

Well I killed a man in Birmingham
I hit him with a tire iron
He did not move and I do not give a damn
I been working here like a slave mule
Sucking the earth of dry crude
Looking for a way out of it all
Cops are coming
I can feel em' here
My back is crawling with standing hair
Wouldn’t mind to see a few pigs fall
So take me down to the river
My blood all on the floor
Cause I don’t know if I can carry this weight much longer anymore
Take me up the mountain
On a cloud bound for the sky
Don’t go prayin' for me because tonight I’m prepared to die
At night I often wonder
What my tombstone would say
Would they mention any of my good or just evil in my days
That night out there in Birmingham
That boy who tried to rob me
I did not want to but I had to
Show that boy the real me
So take me down to the river
My blood all on the floor
Cause I don’t know if I can carry this weight much longer anymore
Take me up the mountain
On a cloud bound for the sky
Don’t go prayin' for me because tonight I’m prepared to die
Ooohhh
The dust has now settled
From those boys who busted in
I am not a bad man
But there’s bullets in my skin
So take me down to the river
My blood all on the floor
Cause I don’t know if I can carry this weight much longer anymore
Take me up the mountain
On a cloud bound for the sky
Don’t go prayin' for me because tonight I’m prepared to die