Well I think whenever there's a deep tragedy, there's also present something of the ridiculous.So I'd like to do you a song now called Talking Birmingham Jam.Walking down to Birmingham way down south in DixielandI thought that I would stop a while take a vacation southern styleGot some southern hospitality down there in a southern hospitalWell all the signs said welcome in welcome if you're white my friendCome along and watch the fights while we feed our dogs on civil rightsWe believe in segregation, Negroes in one mob, policemen, politicians, dogs in the otherWell I've seen travel in many ways I've traveled in cars and old subwaysBut in Birmingham some people chose to fly down the street from a fire hoseDoing some hard traveling from hydrants of plentyWell a pack of dogs was standing by I walked up to them and I said hiWell I asked one dog what they all were doing he walked up to me and started chewingIt was a black dog seems everybody down there's prejudicedWell I said there must be some men around there can't be only you dogs in townThey said sure we have old Bull Connor there he goes walking yonderThrowing some raw meat to the mayor feeding bones to the city councilWell I said there's still something missing here you must have a governor somewhereI'm sure he's doing his duty he ain't no fool he's blocking out kids from our schoolStanding in the doorway cracking jokes getting re-electedSo I asked them why they spent their time with segregation on their mindsThey said if you don't like to live this way get out of here go back to the USALive with all them Russians, New York agitatorsNew York agitatorsSome say they've passed their darkest hour those moderates are back in powerThey'll listen close with open ears they'll help us out in a couple of hundred yearsBut don't push them whatever you do or else you get those extremists back inYou see Alabama is a sovereign state with sovereign dogs and sovereign hateThey stand for the bible for the constitution they stand against communist revolutionThey say it's pinkos like you that freed the slavesYou
