Lyrics

A Good man

I still remember sixty-three, ten years old, grandma and me
All we had was a black and white TV
I still remember standing there, when the news came on the air
A good man shot down in the street

I can still hear the preacher say, sin will kill us all one day
if we don’t get right with our Lord
Satan will destroy us all from, inside our civic halls
and a good man can’t win the fight alone

Now the year is nineteen sixty eight, a Memphis king would meet his fate
because he dreamed of a world, without hate
he marched for love and peace, not war, but he was silenced to preach no more
A good man, shot down for his faith

I can still hear the preacher say, sin will kill us all one day
if we don’t get right with our Lord
Satan will destroy us all from, inside our civic halls
and a good man can’t win the fight alone

It’s gonna take a lot of prayer, and the changing of our own affairs
A good man can’t do it all alone
only God can heal this land, and, take it from the devils hand
a good man can’t win the fight alone

Well, it seems these days not much has changed, the heart of man is still the same
and someone on a roof took deadly aim
now some say God don’t work no more, but he, put a good man to the floor
and he got up to fight, another day

I can still hear the preacher say, sin will kill us all one day
if we don’t get right with our Lord
Satan will destroy us all, from inside our civic halls
and a good man can’t win the fight alone
No, no man, can do it on his own