Western Flyer - Cherokee Highway Lyrics

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PRELUDE (Jesus Loves The Little Children)

Mississippi, in '61, they

Watched his daddy die

Guided by the light of a burning cross

That lit the Delta sky

Kevin and Willie, 10 years old,

They were best of friends

The only way you could tell 'em apart

Was the color of their skin

"C'mon Willie!," Kevin screamed,

"Let's get out of here!" Willie's numb,

Can't even run, frozen there with fear

So Kevin takes off through the woods

Yelling "I'll be back for you!"

Running fast, out of breath, can't stop and rest

His daddy would know what to do

But rushing through the door

He sees the eyes of a man

His daddy's washing the blood out of a sheet

But it won't come off his hands

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And the blood still runs down Cherokee Highway

A senseless river filled with all they've shed

Just two dark sides to Cherokee Highway

But black or white, the blood still runs red

Now the fire is at the fuse

In a town that just won't learn

Word is out, "make the white man pay,"

Gonna watch his farm house burn

Midnight, the flames begin,

Kevin's daddy's the first to rise

So he grabs his gun and he grabs his wife,

But Kevin's still inside

From the shadows comes a boy with darker skin

Though they killed his daddy, gonna save his friend,

He runs through the door as the house falls in

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Staning in the ashes, he sees what hate really is

Two little bodies, both burned black,

Can't tell which child is his

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