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Two Gallants
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Long Summer Day
Lyricist:Adam Stephens, Tyson Vogel
Well, the summer day make a white man lazy
Well, all I've ever known is poor Owe my skin to the country store Throw my walls, my roof, my door But he tells me I'm free
But I fight the will to live Hell might take but heaven gives It's the only one so I'll forgive And I'm not the one to grieve
And the summer day make a white man lazy He sits on his porch killing time I gotta work to feed my wife and baby I work so god damn hard that it's a crime
Well, I went down to the polling place The white men there just laughed in my face Saying, boy, this ain't no nigger's race You best get on your way
Sir, I believe, I've got the right Said you ain't got nothing if you ain't white And I thought I said, get out of site Well, what was I to say?
And the summer day make a white man lazy He sits on his porch killing time I gotta work to feed my wife and baby I work so god damn hard that it's a crime
When I was 'bout the age of five Watched my daddy burned alive They cut him low and they hung him high Swayin' in the breeze Find more lyrics at ※ Mojim.com
The last words I heard him say Before they stole his life that day Was forgive them, Lord, they gone astray Now take me to my knees
And the summer day make a white man lazy He sits on his porch killing time But the summer day make a nigger feel crazy Might make me do something out of line
Well, I don't know but I heard tell Of a fungus below a place called hell And who would catch me if I fell? Who would pray for me?
But one thing I see for sure It's hot as hell up here I know And the devil lives right down the road It's all the same to me
And a summer day make a white man feel lazy He sits on his porch killing time But the summer day make a nigger feel crazy Might make me do something out of line
But if you should see my wife Tell her that I won't be home tonight So don't leave on the light I got a little business down the road
And If I'm dead by sunrise Kiss my baby girl for me It ain't life if it ain't free I've got a mighty burden to unload
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