Bob Dylan George Jackson Lyrics

George Jackson Lyrics

I woke up this mornin',
There were tears in my bed.
They killed a man I
really loved
Shot him through the head.
Lord, Lord,
They cut George
Jackson down.
Lord, Lord,
They laid him in the ground.

Sent him
off to prison
For a seventy-dollar robbery.
Closed the door behind
him
And they threw away the key.
Lord, Lord, They cut George Jackson
down.
Lord, Lord,
They laid him in the ground.

He wouldn't take
shit from no one
He wouldn't bow down or kneel.
Authorities, they hated
him
Because he was just too real.
Lord, Lord,
They cut George Jackson
down.
Lord, Lord,
They laid him in the ground.

Prison guards, they
cursed him
As they watched him from above
But they were frightened of his
power
They were scared of his love.
Lord, Lord,
So they cut George
Jackson down.
Lord, Lord,
They laid him in the ground.

Sometimes I
think this whole world
Is one big prison yard.
Some of us are
prisoners
The rest of us are guards.
Lord, Lord,
They cut George
Jackson down.
Lord, Lord,
They laid him in the ground.