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Recorded live for Occupy Fort Lauderdale on Christmas Eve and Day, 2011, on the Fort Lauderdale City Hall Plaza (100 N. Andrews Ave, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 33301).
Go to old 2011 website:
OccupyFortLauderdale.org
Go to new 2012 website:
OccupyFTL.org
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Dr. Bob wrote this 07/12/10. He grew up in Mobile, Alabama.
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MOBILE ALABAMA
Goin down to Mobile Alabama
Gonna wind up on the wrong side of the law
Goin down to Mobile Alabama
Gonna beat me shoot me till I am no more
Goin down to Mobile Alabama
Gonna tear myself from limb to limb
Goin down to Mobile Alabama
Gonna try and find my original sin
Goin down to Mobile Alabama
Gonna find what makes a man a slave
Goin down to Mobile Alabama
Gonna put that devil in the grave
Goin down to Mobile Alabama
Gonna dress up in my finest robes
Goin down to Mobile Alabama
Gonna burn up a cross and burn down my soul
Goin down to Mobile Alabama
Gonna find out what it means to be free
Goin down to Mobile Alabama
Gonna hang me down on Government Street
Goin down to Mobile Alabama
Gonna see what Martin left behind
Goin down to Mobile Alabama
Now hush little puppy, mama’s doin fine
Goin down to Mobile Alabama
Gonna burn that cotton to the ground
Goin down to Mobile Alabama
Gonna sign my X and lay my babies down
Gonna take that whip and beat myself on down
Goin down to Mobile Alabama
Gonna hold that ku klux man up to the light
Goin down to Mobile Alabama
Gonna put Pandora’s lid back on real tight
Goin down to Mobile Alabama
Gonna listen to my long lost babies cry
Goin down to Mobile Alabama
Gonna lay me down on Davis Ave and die
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