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== Key Lyrics ==
 
== Key Lyrics ==
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''A South politician preaches to the poor white man''
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''"You got more than the blacks, don't complain''
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''You're better than them, you been born with white skin, " they explain''
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''And the Negro's name''
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''Is used, it is plain''
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''For the politician's gain''
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''As he rises to fame''
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''And the poor white remains''
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''On the caboose of the train''
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''But it ain't him to blame''
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''He's only a pawn in their game''
  
 
== Recording and Performances ==
 
== Recording and Performances ==

Revision as of 05:23, 4 February 2021

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Only a Pawn in Their Game is a song written by Bob Dylan about the assassination of civil rights activist Medgar Evers in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 12, 1963. Showing support for African-Americans during the American Civil Rights Movement, the song was released on Dylan's The Times They Are a-Changin' album in 1964.[1]

Key Lyrics

A South politician preaches to the poor white man

"You got more than the blacks, don't complain

You're better than them, you been born with white skin, " they explain

And the Negro's name

Is used, it is plain

For the politician's gain

As he rises to fame

And the poor white remains

On the caboose of the train

But it ain't him to blame

He's only a pawn in their game

Recording and Performances

Reference

  1. Only a Pawn in Their Game. Wikipedia. Retrieved February 4, 2021.