Sunrise
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Alabama, ain't no jubilee
Carolina, moon don't shine on me
All over the Southland, the changes keep coming
The old ways are crumbling like tenement shacks all falling down
They've been damming our rivers and tearing up our hills
And wearing down our people in runaway mills and some towns
I've got Georgia's old days on my mind
Mississippi magic that I tried to find
You can hear the soft voices of old people talking
They're only dream walking, the old days just ain't coming back
And the storm clouds of color are coming together
Like a turn in the weather or looking down a long railroad track
Carry me back to old Virginia dreams
Old Kentucky, home ain't what it seems
The stone walls of fear that were built to divide us
We're putting them behind us
We're finding our hearts are the same
We're growing together and talking out loud
We're strong and we're proud
We're calling each other by name
T for Texas, T for Tennessee
T for trying so hard to be free
But we're talking back now and starting to fight
We're black and we're white
We're children and women and men
And just like at sunrise, we're opening our eyes
You know that we will rise again