The Confederacy Never Died

The Confederacy Never Died

(The Pendulum’s Swing)

Hey, fellow!
You know the Confederacy never really died?
No! It never ended,
Just buried deep
Down in the clay it’s waiting
(chuckles)
Waiting-the form and the beliefs
And yes-all the important men involved:
Lee and Davis
Calhoun and Stephens
Stonewall and JEB
Oh, yes
They’re all there you know
Waiting
And you know why?
Because they know!
They know the Confederacy never really died!

(The Pendulum Swings)

Deep in the Bedrock of Southern Soil lies
The heart of the Confederacy
Buried deep beneath Southern Skies
True to heart and true to right
Wandering through the Endless Night
Our day will come
One day will come
And the South is gone rise again

(The Pendulum Swings)

Po’ white, trash white, lookin’ down,
Step on backs of black and brown.
Call selves better, call selves right.
Must have someone to step on tonight.
Southern economy built on pain
Righteous might wreaks gain from pain
Bottom of the totem
Black and brown
Just above them po’ and trash
Beyond them stand middle-class
And then
Upscale masters
Them’s rule it all
Buried in the bedrock
Pitch as night
South’s gone rise again
As well it might

(The Pendulum Swings)

Bigots black and bigots white,
Bigots wrong and those not right,
Always argue always fight,
Never see what is or right.
Never forward, always back.
Never future, always past.
Never work, but always laze
Always critical and never praise
Never future, always past.
In this one thing they right
The South IS gone rise again
As well it might.

(The Pendulum Swings)