Birmingham

<br>Economics shut the furnace down<br>Bull Connor hosing children down<br>George Wallace stared them Yankee`s down<br>In Birmingham<br><br>Take a left on the interstate<br>In the middle of this sultry state<br>I can`t wait to see your face<br>In Birmingham<br><br>&quot;I don`t think it was worth it&quot;<br>the last thing Stanley said to me<br>Twenty four years then a bullet in the chest and <br>I still see him in my sleep<br>Fifteen dollars in the purse He could not save<br>Her family didn`t buy a stone to mark his grave<br>&quot;Give me a call, if you need a place to stay in Birmingham&quot;<br>Birmingham<br><br>Most of my family came from Birmingham<br>I can feel their presence on the street<br>Vulcan Park has seen it`s share of troubled times<br>But the city won`t admit defeat<br>Magic City`s magic getting stronger<br>Dynamite Hill ain`t on fire any longer<br>No man should ever have to feel He don`t belong in Birmingham<br>Birmingham