We Had To Move-Eric Bibb

We Had To Move - Eric Bibb Written by：Eric Bibb Had to move from our home From our home in Ellenton From our o family home Had to move Goverment claimed dominion Didn't ask nobody's opinion We had to move Everybody had to pack and go 'Cause the goverment said so We had to move When the rumors turned to fact Then the whole town had to pack All the white folks and the black Had to move When the goverment claimed the land Every woman child and man had to move Everybody had to pack and go 'Cause the goverment said so We had to move Some big shot politicians Made them big cigar decisions Didn't need our permission Had to move Buildin' bomb factories Stretchin 'cross the three counties Had to move Everybody had to pack and go 'Cause the goverment said so We had to move All the churches had to move All the graveyards too All the stores and the schools had to move All the sheds and the tools All the cows and the mules had to move Everybody had to pack andgo 'Cause the goverment said so We had to move Myers mills Hawthorne Dunbarton All gone While the all folks prayed on Had to move Nothin' we could do When the goverment came rollin' through We had to move Everybody had to pack and go 'Cause the goverment said so We had to move