Southern man
better keep your head
Don't forget

what your good book said
Southern change
gonna come at last

Now your crosses
are burning fast
Southern man


I saw cotton
and I saw black

Tall white mansions
and little shacks.
Southern man

when will you
pay them back?
I heard screamin'

and bullwhips cracking
How long? How long?


Southern man
better keep your head
Don't forget

what your good book said
Southern change
gonna come at last

Now your crosses
are burning fast
Southern man


Lily Belle,
your hair is golden brown

I've seen your black man
comin' round
Swear by God

I'm gonna cut him down!
I heard screamin'
and bullwhips cracking

How long? How long?