Walkin' down to Birmingham,
way down south in Dixieland.
I thought that I would stop a while
Take a vacation Southern style
Got some Southern hospitality...down there in a Southern hospital.
Well, all the signs said Welcome in,
Welcome if you're white my friend.
Come along and watch the fights
While we feed our dogs on civil rights.
We believe in segregation...Negroes in one mob...
Policemen, politicians, dogs in the other
Well I've seen travel in many ways
I've traveled in cars and old subways
But in Birmingham some people chose
To fly down
Sleeping Pill
oh so, my love
this sleeping pill
will watch you through the night
and come dawn
i'll be long, long gone
i tried, i tried, i tried
i..tried, i..tried
we feed upon the broken branch
we kiss the stars goodbye
for the sun can't fight this overcast
i tried, i tried, i tried
i..tried, i..tried
the spider's web
it can't break our fall
i whisper to the sky
i pray she takes you in her arms
i tried, i tried, i tried
i..tried, i..tried
i..tried..
storm warning in the sand
she evaporates beneath my fingernails
the road is lost underwater
she's running down a river with eels
she is lost to me.