[00:04.76]In the state of Mississippi many years ago
[00:09.38]A boy of 14 years got a taste of Southern law
[00:14.68]He saw his friend a hanging and his color was his crime
[00:18.92]And the blood upon his jacket left a brand upon his mind
[00:24.24]Too many martyrs and too many dead
[00:28.92]Too many lies too many empty words were said
[00:33.61]Too many times for too many angry men
[00:38.34]Oh let it never be again
[00:44.49]His name was Medgar Evers and he walked his road alone
[00:48.68]Like Emmett Till and thousands more whose names we'll never know
[00:54.20]They tried to burn his home and they beat him to the ground
[00:58.46]But deep inside they both knew what it took to bring him down
[01:03.69]Too many martyrs and too many dead
[01:08.40]Too many lies too many empty words were said
[01:13.05]Too many times for too many angry men
[01:17.73]Oh let it never be again
[01:23.98]The killer waited by his home hidden by the night
[01:28.18]As Evers stepped out from his car into the rifle sight
[01:33.55]He slowly squeezed the trigger, the bullet left his side
[01:37.93]It struck the heart of every man when Evers fell and died
[01:43.07]Too many martyrs and too many dead
[01:47.74]Too many lies too many empty words were said
[01:52.39]Too many times for too many angry men
[01:57.03]Oh let it never be again
[02:01.78]And they laid him in his grave while the bugle sounded clear
[02:06.65]Laid him in his grave when the victory was near
[02:11.37]While we waited for the future for freedom through the land
[02:15.97]The country gained a killer and the country lost a man
[02:21.15]Too many martyrs and too many dead
[02:25.67]Too many lies too many empty words were said
[02:30.34]Too many times for too many angry men
[02:34.99]Oh let it never be again
[02:39.61]Oh let it never be again