[00:06.06]Here's to the State of Mississippi
[00:10.10]For underneath her borders, the devil draws no lines
[00:16.16]If you drag her muddy rivers, nameless bodies you will find
[00:22.02]Oh, the fat trees of the forest have hid a thousand crimes
[00:28.08]The calendar is lying when it reads the present time
[00:34.04]Oh, here's to the land, You've torn out the heart of
[00:40.40]Mississippi find yourself, another country to be part of
[00:49.19]And here's to the people of Mississippi
[00:55.50]Who say the folks up north, they just don't understand
[01:00.00]And they tremble in their shadows at the thunder of the Klan
[01:05.15]Oh, the sweating of their souls can't wash the blood from off their hands
[01:11.00]Oh, they smile and shrug their shoulders at the murder of a man
[01:17.17]Oh, here's to the land, You've torn out the heart of
[01:23.39]Mississippi find yourself, another country to be part of
[01:32.32]And here's to the schools of Mississippi
[01:38.18]Where they're teaching all the children that they don't have to care
[01:43.03]All the rudiments of hatred are present everywhere
[01:47.87]And every single classroom is a factory of despair
[01:53.53]And there's nobody learning such a foreign word as fair
[01:59.79]Oh, here's to the land, You've torn out the heart of
[02:06.36]Mississippi find yourself, another country to be part of
[02:14.04]And here's to the cops of Mississippi
[02:19.91]They're chewing their tobacco as they lock the prison door
[02:24.76]And their bellies bounce inside them when they knock you to the floor
[02:29.42]No, they don't like taking prisoners in their private little wars
[02:35.53]And behind their broken badges there are murderers and more
[02:41.85]Oh, here's to the land, You've torn out the heart of
[02:48.04]Mississippi find yourself, another country to be part of
[02:57.00]And, here's to the judges of Mississippi
[03:03.03]Who wear the robe of honor as they crawl into the court
[03:07.81]They're guarding all the bastions of their phony legal fort
[03:12.67]Oh, justice is a stranger when the prisoners report
[03:17.41]When the black man stands accused the trial is always short
[03:23.42]Oh, here's to the land, You've torn out the heart of
[03:29.29]Mississippi find yourself, another country to be part of
[03:38.38]And here's to the government of Mississippi
[03:45.35]In the swamp of their bureaucracy they're always bogging down
[03:50.46]And criminals are posing as the mayors of the towns
[03:55.55]And they hope that no one sees the sights and no one hears the sounds
[04:00.14]And the speeches of the governor are the ravings of a clown
[04:06.60]Oh, here's to the land, You've torn out the heart of
[04:12.72]Mississippi find yourself, another country to be part of
[04:21.12]And here's to the laws of Mississippi
[04:28.38]Congressmen will gather in a circus of delay
[04:33.23]While the Constitution is drowning in an ocean of decay
[04:38.07]Unwed mothers should be sterilized, I've even heard them say
[04:44.44]Yes, corruption can be classic in the Mississippi way
[04:50.50]Oh, here's to the land, You've torn out the heart of
[04:56.73]Mississippi find yourself, another country to be part of
[05:05.65]And here's to the churches of Mississippi
[05:11.38]Where the cross, once made of silver, now is caked with rust
[05:16.16]And the Sunday morning sermons pander to their lust
[05:22.22]Oh, he fallen face of Jesus is choking in the dust
[05:27.07]And heaven only knows in which God they can trust
[05:33.13]Oh, here's to the land, You've torn out the heart of
[05:39.19]Mississippi find yourself, another country to be part of