ALABAMA '69

Someone visited TTS last night who seemed interested in Steve Marriott, visiting a number of pages with YouTube videos/music of Marriott, and even John Lennon.

But they missed this.

Humble Pie was formed by Steve Marriott. Alabama '69 indicates an awareness of who assassinated Abraham Lincoln and why.

Humble Pie - Alabama '69

Yep
This one's called "Alabama 69"
I come from Alabama and I work a ten pound hammer.
And my woman's picking cotton for the bossman on the hill.

They work us till they break our back.
Beat us cos our skin is black.
I guess I'll have to slave till the whip is in the grave.

Yeah, when will we be free.
I wanna walk down any road
and feel I have my liberty.
Well, from day to day I live to die.
The scars across my back don't lie.
Ain't there anyone out there
to hear my freedom cry.

Well, I believe a man's a man
who earns his pay as best he can.
The colour of his skin don't mean he ain't just like you.
Yeah, but white folk here don't give a hell.
They think that we were born to smell
of sweat and dust and dirt
or plough until we die.

Hallelujah
Let me hear you now

When will we be free.
I wanna walk down any road
and feel I have my liberty.
These shoes I'm wearing every day
Ggot holes the size of Frisco Bay.
I'm praying for the time
when there will come a judgement day.

Let me play you some lead here
Ooh, ooh

Well, we all know how long it is
since Lincoln made those promises
that one day we would walk along the white side of the street.
Now, but there were some bad folk around
that got so riled they shot him down.
And there ain't a cop in town
who wouldn't do the same for me.

Yeah, now, when will we be free.
I wanna walk down any road
and feel I have my liberty.
Well, now, now
When will we be free
Yeah, yeah
When will we be free
Ooh, yeah
When will we be free
Well, now, now
When will we be free
Well, now, now, now, now
When will we be free-acap