Old Joe Till

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Old Joe Till

Old Joe Till lives up on mansion hill

Got a red tin roof and a copper still

His wife Lucille left him years ago

Now lonesome quiet is all that he knows

Once he walked tall with a badge and a gun

One bad mistake, it all came undone

Born a north Georgia boy

He’ll die just the same

Sleeps in the house his granddaddy built

Trades on the family name

A man can’t forget what he didn’t want to know

A guilty conscience is a heavy load

Black men toil and sweat and sing

Down where the cotton seed is sown

Joe e HeHsays they long for the good old days

Now that they’re out on their own

The truth comes rising from down below

When a hard man looks into his soul

Bible says all men are born the same

The young preacher tried to explain

Joe won’t tolerate talk like that

Down here things will never change

  A man can’t forget what he didn’t want to know

A guilty conscience is a heavy load