Give up the Ghost

All you Williams, lying in your graves

Do you know we’re still suffering, from the choice you made

All you Williams, in the southern dirt

Pulling me down, ‘cause I can’t heal the hurt

There’s a shadow from Kentucky all the way to California

It crosses Mississippi, and touches my soul

I wasn’t there for the worst of it, but I still feel the hurt of it

When hate has no home, it’s gonna give up the ghost

All you Sarahs, are you still looking down

Get off your high horse now, all your sons are brown

And all your daughters, we know our own minds

No more to be silent, no more to be blind

There’s a shadow from Kentucky all the way to California

It crosses Mississippi, and touches my soul

I wasn’t there for the worst of it, but I still feel the hurt of it

When hate has no home, it’s gonna give up the ghost

Gotta give it up now, while I’m living

I don’t need your ghost

Gotta give it up now, I'm still breathing

I stand on more than your bones

There’s a shadow from Kentucky all the way to California

It crosses Mississippi, and touches my soul

I wasn’t there for the worst of it, but I still feel the hurt of it

When hate has no home, it’s gonna give up the ghost

When hate has no home, it’s gonna give up the ghost

When hate has no home, it’s gonna give up the ghost