MARCUS HUMMON
GARY NICHOLSON
I meant to give up my seat
For miss rosa parks
But i sat there and watched her stand up for herself
Man it tore me apart
I meant to say somethin'
To that bus drivin' fool
When he marached rosa off that bus
I should've walked off too
CHORUS:
Rich man he got his silver
Poor man he got his good name
Standin' in line at the pearly gates
Sayin' peter it's not what you think
I'm a better man than the book says
I was watchin' the world go by
Sittin' on a fence
I was on a grassy knoll
In dallas that day
When a man with a gun gave me a hard look
And i had to look away
I can't say what happened
Or how many shots i heard
But when they asked around for witnesses
I never volunteered a word
REPEAT CHORUS
So many years pass by
So many lessons i never learned
I was drivin' down a mississippi backroad
And i saw smoke pourin' out of a church
Saw a man with a gas can runnin' away
And i slammed on my breaks
I went runnin' down that highway
I'm though makin' the same mistake
REPEAT CHORUS
CAREERS-BMG MUSIC PUBLISHING,INC./FLOYD'S DREAM MUSIC(BMI)/
GARY NICHOLSON MUSIC(ASCAP)