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Lyrics for William Moore by Phil Ochs:
| | | Artist: | Phil Ochs |
| | Album: | Unknown | | Track: | William Moore | | | | Date Added: | 18/10/2007 | | Views: | 73 | | | | Lyrics: | Am
Walkin' down an Alabama road
Rememberin' what the Bible told
D G D
Am
Walkin' with a letter in his hand
D G D Am
Dreaming of another
southern land
Am
Walkin' down an Alabama road
And he went by the name of William
Moore
Now what are you doing William Moore
D G Am
Why the letter in your
hand?
D G Am
There's only one southern land
And he went by the name of
William Moore
Am Em Am
What price the glory of one man?
C
F
What price the glory of one man?
C Em
What price the hopes,
F
G
What price the dreams,
C F G C
And what price the
glory of one man?
Remembering what his grandfather done
Fought for the south in
'61
A hundred years have passed by since then
Now Moore is fighting for the south
again
Remembering what his grandfather done
Remembering the time in World War
Two
And the South Pacific Island that he knew
Remembering the young men that he
killed
And the praying that the guns of hate be stilled
Remembering the time in World War
Two
What price the glory of one man?
What price the glory of one man?
What price
the hopes,
What price the dreams,
And what price the glory of one man?
And they
shot him on the Alabama road
Forgot about what the Bible told
They shot him with that letter
in his hand
As though he were a dog and not a man
And they shot him on the Alabama
road
Did you say it was a shame when he died?
Did you say he was fool because he
tried?
Did you wonder who had fired the gun?
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