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Artist: Neil Young
Track: Southern Man

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Southern man, better keep your head
Don't forget what your good book says
Southern change gonna come at last
Now your crosses are burnin' fast
Southern man

I saw cotton and I saw black
Tall white mansions and little shacks
Southern man, when will you pay them back?
I heard screamin' and bullwhips crackin'
How long? How long? How?

Southern man, better keep your head
Don't forget what your good book says
Southern change gonna come at last
Now your crosses are burnin' fast
Southern man

Lily Belle, your hair is golden brown
I've seen your black man comin' 'round
Swear by God I'm gonna cut him down

I heard screamin' and bullwhips crackin'
How long? How long? How?
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Neil Young – Southern Man
Written towards the end of the era of the Amercan Civil Rights Movement, “Southern Man” is a scathing attack on the white racism that has persisted in the Southern United States
Neil Young – Southern Man (Live Carnegie Hall 1970)
[Chorus] / Southern man, better keep your head / Don't forget what your good book said / Southern change gonna come at last / Now your crosses are burning fast / Southern man / [
Neil Young – Southern Man Samples
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Lynyrd Skynyrd – Sweet Home Alabama
On his 1970 album After the Gold Rush, Neil Young wrote a song called “Southern Man,” which described the racism in the South as he saw it after visiting there. I saw cotton And I
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Southern Man (Live)
[Chorus] / Southern man better keep your head / Don't forget what your good book said / Southern change gonna come at last / Now your crosses are burning fast / Southern man / [
The Flying Pickets – Southern Man
[Chorus] / Southern man, better keep your head / Don't forget what your good book said / Southern change gonna come at last / Now your crosses are burning fast / Southern man
Neil Young – Alabama
A protest song in the vein of Young’s other hits, Ohio and especially Southern Man, this track discusses the changing political and social landscape of the 1960’s in America, in
Merry Clayton – Southern Man
[Chorus] / Southern man, you better keep your head / Don't forget what your good book said / Southern change is gonna come at last / Now your crosses are burning fast / Southern
Inter Arma – Southern Man
[Chorus] / Southern man better keep your head / Don't forget what your good book said / Southern change is gonna come at last / Now your crosses are burning fast / Southern man / [
Sylvester and The Hot Band – Southern Man
Southern man, you better keep your head (Keep your head) / Don't forget what your good book said (Good book said) / Southern change has gotta come at last (Come at last) / Now
Merry Clayton – Southern Man Samples
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Lex Luthorz – Southern Man Samples
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David Allan Coe – Southern Man
Chorus: / "Southern man better cool your head / Don't forget what your good book says / Southern change gonna come at last / Now your crosses are burning fast / Southern Man
Lynyrd Skynyrd – Sweet Home Alabama Interpolations
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Lex Luthorz – Southern Man
Letra de "Southern Man" / [Sample] / Southern man better keep your head / Don't forget what your good book said / Southern change gonna come at last / Now your crosses are burning
The Outlaws (Southern Rock Band) – Sweet Home Alabama
Turn it up / Big wheels keep on turning / Carry me home to see my kin / Singing songs about the southland / I miss Alabama once again / And I think it's a sin, yes / Well I heard
Killdozer – Sweet Home Alabama
Cover of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s signature anthem.
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Neil Young – Old Man (Live Carnegie Hall 1970)
[Intro] / Old man, look at my life / I'm a lot like you were / Old man, look at my life / I'm a lot like you were / [Verse 1] / Old man, look at my life / Twenty-four and there's
Emmerson Nogueira – Sweet Home Alabama
Big wheels keep on turning / Carry me home to see my kin / Singing songs about the Southland / I miss Alabamy once again / And I think its a sin, yes / Well I heard mister Young
Lynyrd Skynyrd – Sweet Home Alabama Samples
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Bonfire – Sweet Home Alabama
Big wheels keep on turnin' / Carry me home to see my kin / Singin' songs about the southland / I miss 'ole' 'bamy once again / And I think it's a sin / Well I heard Mr. Young sing
Colm R. McGuinness – Sweet Home Alabama... But It's Irish
[Verse 1] / Big wheels keep on turnin' / Carry me home to see my kin / Singin' songs about the southland / I miss Alabamy once again / And I think it's a sin / [Verse 2] / Well, I
Counting Crows – Sweet Home Alabama
Big wheels keep on turning / Carry me home to my kin / Singing songs about the Southland / I miss my family once again and I think it's a sin / Well I heard Mr. Young sing about
Leningrad Cowboys – Sweet Home Alabama
Big wheels keep on turning / Carrying me home to see my kin / Singing songs about the southland / I miss ol' bama once again / And I think it's a sin, yes / Well I heard Mr. Young
Dj joxx – Sweet home alabama (feat. a.l)
Big wheels keep on turning / Carry me home to see my kin / Singing songs about the Southland / I miss Alabama once again / And I think it's a sin, yes / Well, I heard Mr. Young
Lt. Dan Band – Sweet home alabama
Turn it up / Big wheels keep on turning / Carry me home to see my kin / Singing songs about the Southland / I miss Alabamy once again / And I think it's a sin, yes / Well I heard
Karen Lee Batten – Sweet Home Alabama
Big wheels keep on turning / Carrying me home to see my kin / Singing songs about the southland / I miss Alabamy once again / And I think it's a sin, yes / Well I heard Mr. Young
Jewel – Sweet Home Alabama
Big wheels keep on turning / Carry me home to see my kin / Singing songs about the Southland / Miss my Alabama once again / And I think its a sin, yeah / I heard Mister Young sing
The Starshine Orchestra And Singers – Sweet Home Alabama
Big wheels keep on turning / Carry me home to see my kin / Singing songs about the southland / I miss'ole' 'bamy once again (and I think it's a sin) / Well, I heard Mister Young
Lynyrd Skynyrd – Dixie/Sweet Home Alabama
Turn It Up / Big wheels keep on turning / Carry me home to see my kin / Singing songs about the Southland / I miss ol'Bamee once again / And I think its a sin, yes / Well I heard
Drive-By Truckers – Ronnie and Neil (Live)
Church blows up in Birmingham / Four little Back girls killed for no goddamn good reason / And all this hate and violence can't come to no good end / A stain on the good name / And
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[Verse 1] / Big wheels keep on turning / Carry me home to see my kin / Singing songs about the Southland / I miss Alabamy once again / And I think its a sin, yes / Well I heard
Garth Brooks – Sweet Home Alabama
[Intro] / Turn it up / [Verse 1] / Big wheels keep on turnin' / Carry me home to see my kin / Singin' songs about the Southland / I miss Alabamy once again and I think it's a sin
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Genius Q&A
Q:Who produced “Southern Man” by Neil Young?
“Southern Man” by Neil Young was produced by Neil Young, Kendall Pacios & David Briggs.
Q:When did Neil Young release “Southern Man”?
Neil Young released “Southern Man” on September 19, 1970.
Q:When did Neil Young release “Southern Man (Live Carnegie Hall 1970)”?
Neil Young released “Southern Man (Live Carnegie Hall 1970)” on October 1, 2021.
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