A bullet from the back of a bush took Medgar Evers' blood
A finger fired the trigger to his name A handle hid out in the dark
A hand set the spark Two eyes took the aim Behind a man's brain
But he can't be blamed He's only a pawn in their game.
A South politician preaches to the poor white man "You got more than blacks, don't complain You're better than them, you been born with white skin" they explain And the Negro's name Is used it is plain For the politician's gain
As he rises to fame And the poor white remains On the caboose of the train
But it ain't him to blame He's only a pawn in their game.
The deputy sheriffs, the soldiers, the governors get paid And the marshals and cops get the same But the poor white man's used in the hands of them all like a tool He's taught in his school From the start by the rule That the laws are with him To protect his white skin To keep up his hate So he never thinks straight
'Bout the shape that he's in But it ain't him to blame
He's only a pawn in their game.
From the poverty shacks, he looks from the cracks to the tracks
And the hoof beats pound in his brain And he's taught how to walk in a pack
Shoot in the back With his fist in a clench To hang and to lynch
To hide 'neath the hood To kill with no pain Like a dog on a chain
He ain't got no name But it ain't him to blame He's only a pawn in their game.
Today, Medgar Evers was buried from the bullet he caught
They lowered him down as a king But when the shadowy sun sets on the one
That fired the gun He'll see by his grave On the stone that remains
Carved next to his name His epitaph plain Only a pawn in their game.
This song is about the assassination of US civil rights leader Medgar Evers, who was killed in the driveway of his Mississippi home. Dylan's song takes on the larger subject of racism and injustice in America, pointing out that Evers' murder was a symptom of a greater problem.
(songfacts)
Medgar Wiley Evers (July 2, 1925 – June 12, 1963) was an African American civil rights activist from Mississippi involved in efforts to overturn segregation at the University of Mississippi. He became active in the civil rights movement after returning from overseas service in World War II and completing secondary education; he became a field secretary for the NAACP. Evers was assassinated by Byron De La Beckwith, a member of the White Citizens' Council. As a veteran, Evers was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery. His murder and the resulting trials inspired civil rights protests, as well as numerous works of art, music, and film. (wikipedia)
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