Talking Birmingham Jam-Phil Ochs

[ti:Talking Birmingham Jam (LP版)] [ar:Phil Ochs] [al:Rhino Hi-Five: Phil Ochs] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Talking Birmingham Jam (LP版) - Phil Ochs [00:08.52]Walkin down to birmingham [00:10.20]Way down South in dixieland [00:12.17] [00:12.98]I thought that I would stop a while [00:15.02]Take a vacation southern style [00:17.17] [00:18.64]Got some southern hospitality [00:20.94] [00:21.79]Down there in a southern hospital [00:24.07] [00:27.44]Well all the signs said welcome in [00:29.28]Sun by governor well us rin tin tin [00:31.46] [00:32.96]He said come along and watch the fights [00:35.04]While we feed our dogs on civil rights [00:37.17] [00:38.68]Now don't get a wrong [00:40.53] [00:41.85]Some of my best Negros are friends [00:44.47] [00:48.46]Well I've seen travel in many ways [00:50.34]I've traveled in cars and old subways [00:52.93] [00:53.96]But in birmingham some people chose [00:56.00]To fly down the street from a fire hose [00:58.18] [00:59.72]Doin some hard travelin [01:01.87] [01:02.86]From hydrants of plenty [01:04.68] [01:08.13]Well a pack of dogs was standin by [01:10.08]I walked up to them and I said hi [01:13.27]Well I asked one dog what they all were doin [01:14.91]He walked up to me and started chewin [01:17.06] [01:18.49]I said hold it [01:19.32] [01:19.84]I'm from the ASPCA [01:22.00] [01:22.89]Sociaty prevention of grouth he atituates [01:25.78] [01:29.23]And I said there must be some men around [01:31.13]There can't be only you dogs in town [01:33.71]They said sure we have old bull conner [01:36.17]There he goes walkin yonder [01:37.91] [01:39.66]Throwin some raw meat [01:41.22]To the mayor [01:41.85] [01:43.48]Feedin bones to the city council [01:45.39] [01:48.97]You know goven a walles dosen't meen on horm [01:51.11]I can't to see his Got a lot of charme [01:53.86]His protenacts lines for the rich an poors [01:56.20]Then and is schools house door [01:57.94] [01:59.57]Waycrackin jokes [02:00.39] [02:01.32]Talking heratly breankly [02:02.47] [02:03.84]Serving jerry darry [02:04.75] [02:05.96]Get rell acting [02:06.90] [02:10.90]So I asked 'em how they spend their time [02:13.06]With segregation on their mind [02:15.19] [02:15.70]They said if you don't like to live this way [02:17.65]Get outta here go back to the USA [02:20.30] [02:21.57]Live with all them Russians [02:23.08] [02:24.35]New York agitatiors [02:26.06] [02:29.12]Some say they've passed their darkest hour [02:31.15]Those moderates are back in power [02:33.22] [02:33.81]But listen close with open ears [02:35.68]They'll help us out in a couple a hundred years [02:38.11] [02:39.34]But don't push em [02:40.36] [02:41.03]Whatever you do [02:41.69] [02:42.60]Or else you get those extremists back in [02:44.83] [02:47.04]You see alabama is a soveriegn state [02:49.37]With soveriegn dogs and soveriegn hate [02:51.75]They stand for the bible for the constitution [02:53.93]They stand against communist revolution [02:56.51] [02:57.60]They say [02:58.64]It's pinkos like you that freed the slaves [03:02.30] [03:03.12]And their right