Now I’m asking, can I walk
outside
my house? The National Guard is arresting people
and taking them for a ride—
my house? The National Guard is arresting people
and taking them for a ride—
to the border prisons,
probably. I have to hide
in my house to avoid the horrible
fate of not being able to walk outside
in my house to avoid the horrible
fate of not being able to walk outside
my house—when walking outside
is THE freedom-ride,
baby! Here’s the church, here’s the steeple,
open the doors and let all the people ride
baby! Here’s the church, here’s the steeple,
open the doors and let all the people ride
on this nice Baptist-
Church bus—the loyal and the faithful
all asking, Can I still walk outside
Church bus—the loyal and the faithful
all asking, Can I still walk outside
my house, around my neighborhood,
without being arrested by the police
and driven into an alley somewhere—ride
to the morgue? You’re surprised without being arrested by the police
and driven into an alley somewhere—ride
at how efficiently they turned the key.—
If I walk outside,
I’ll be taken for a ride.
