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Tennessee: Walking in Nashville and the Illusion of Decorum<\/strong><\/p>\n Justin Jones, Justin Pearson and Gloria Johnson Save us from the illusion of decorum When dance proctors at sock hops separated the dancers Where post sex Coca-Cola douching supposedly prevented pregnancy Go walking in Nashville Before he was reverend Green who was glad to meet you when you didn\u2019t have a prayer<\/p>\n Well, do we have a prayer in Nashville?<\/p>\n I saw the ghost of Jim Crow walk on MLK Blvd. Now I\u2019m marching in Nashville<\/p>\n Forget history then repeat it ; amnesia is a little death<\/p>\n And be careful Obama babies because your struggles are just beginning<\/p>\n If you weren\u2019t there; then you don\u2019t remember; Pay attention.<\/p>\n I\u2019ll take you to another time, 50 years after his death but only 5 years ago And who don\u2019t realize that the world is about to dramatically change for everyone.<\/p>\n (By Heidi Lindemann and Michael Perry)<\/p>\n
\nWhere will you be in 3 years 5 months And 2 days of this life?<\/p>\n
\nAnd the tired fear filled old men
\nWho want to take us back to the thrilling days of yesteryear
\nWhen we were all \u201cCrimson and Clover\u201d and \u201cChantilly Lace\u201d and \u201cHi ho Silver, away\u201d<\/p>\n
\nBy putting rulers between the boys who wore blue and girls who wore pink
\nAnd women weren\u2019t supposed to have orgasms, either<\/p>\n
\nAnd they didn\u2019t know that there were more than just two sexes
\nOr, that the world was about to dramatically change for everyone<\/p>\n
\nIn a time before Al Green had screamed
\nEither like his lover had just deeply satisfied him
\nOr, had just thrown hot grits on him in a bathtub<\/p>\n
\nWalk up to the gates of the state house where he was greeted with regard
\nNow security definitely saw him
\nA walking corpse exhumed
\nThat ugly zombie being
\nThat Killed Martin Luther King
\nWhen America wouldn\u2019t make room<\/p>\n
\nAnd if you don\u2019t remember; then, this is new to you.<\/p>\n
\nA different name but the same place
\nThe place is Charlotte Avenue
\nThat MLk\u2019s name has replaced<\/p>\n
\nAnd now America wants to Arrest its Development.
\nOld tired fearful men afraid of being replaced like street signs<\/p>\n