THE TENNESSEE THREE

VERSE ONE
have you heard of brother jones
he spends his life among lost souls
in the house where old decorum rules
flanked by money led by the cruel

slept outside for sixty two days
beaten and bloodied told to go away
they locked him up eighteen times
but fighting for your life is not a crime

the people chose him and voted him in
to be their voice his original sin
then shots rang out across the town
can’t we lay our weapons down

PRE CHORUS ONE
he went to the well for justice that day
nothing could stop him there’s something to say

CHORUS ONE
oh come with me and the Tennessee Three
in the enduring fight for liberty
walk with me and I’ll walk with you
and the south will rise anew

VERSE TWO
he stood up all dressed in white
surrounded by grandmothers’ light
his brother he came in from the west
dashiki print upon his chest

his sister she stood six foot three
and rode a white horse as she came from the east
their weapon was a megaphone
with just their voice they called us home

but then the gavel rang out across the town
this shot with no gun would bring them down
but with the people’s love they’d rise again
braver and stronger than they’d ever been

PRE CHORUS TWO
they went to the well for justice that day
nothing could stop them there’s something to say

CHORUS TWO
oh come with me and the Tennessee Three
in the enduring fight for liberty
walk with me and I’ll walk with you
and the south will rise anew

BRIDGE
oh what will we do when the well runs dry
when all we can hear is a mother’s cry
forbid them to speak and democracy dies
will we burn our house with lies

CHORUS THREE
oh just come with me and the Tennessee Three
in the enduring fight for liberty
walk with me and I’ll walk with you
and the south will rise anew

CHORUS FOUR
just come with me and the Tennessee Three
in the enduring fight for liberty
walk with me and I’ll walk with you
and the south will rise anew

CHORUS FIVE
just come with me and the Tennessee Three
in the enduring fight for liberty
walk with me and I’ll walk with you
and the south will rise anew