Too Many Martyrs-Phil Ochs

[ti:Too Many Martyrs] [ar:Phil Ochs] [al:There But For Fortune] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Too Many Martyrs - Phil Ochs [00:04.76]In the state of Mississippi [00:07.52]Many years ago [00:09.38]A boy of fourteen years got a taste of [00:12.20]Southern law [00:14.68]He saw his friend a hanging [00:16.89]And his color was his crime [00:18.92]And the blood upon his jacket [00:21.04]Left a brand upon his mind [00:24.24]Too many martyrs and too many dead [00:28.92]Too many lies [00:30.47]Too many empty words were said [00:33.61]Too many times for [00:35.44]Too many angry men [00:38.34]Oh let it never be again [00:44.49]His name was Medgar Evers [00:46.37]And he walked his road alone [00:48.68]Like Emmett Till and thousands more [00:51.05]Whose names we'll never know [00:54.20]They tried to burn his home [00:55.88]And they beat him to the ground [00:58.46]But deep inside they both knew [01:00.48]What it took to bring him down [01:03.69]Too many martyrs [01:05.38]And too many dead [01:08.40]Too many lies [01:09.97]Too many empty words were said [01:13.05]Too many times for [01:14.92]Too many angry men [01:17.73]Oh let it never be again [01:23.98]The killer waited by his home [01:26.35]Hidden by the night [01:28.18]As Evers stepped out from his car [01:30.60]Into the rifle sight [01:33.55]He slowly squeezed the trigger [01:35.69]The bullet left his side [01:37.93]It struck the heart of every man [01:40.01]When Evers fell and died [01:43.07]Too many martyrs and too many dead [01:47.74]Too many lies [01:49.23]Too many empty words were said [01:52.39]Too many times for [01:54.14]Too many angry men [01:57.03]Oh let it never be again [02:01.78]And they laid him in his grave [02:03.91]While the bugle sounded clear [02:06.65]Laid him in his grave [02:08.18]When the victory was near [02:11.37]While we waited for the future [02:13.67]For freedom through the land [02:15.97]The country gained a killer [02:17.81]And the country lost a man [02:21.15]Too many martyrs and too many dead [02:25.67]Too many lies [02:27.13]Too many empty words were said [02:30.34]Too many times for too many angry men [02:34.99]Oh let it never be again [02:39.61]Oh let it never be again