Chad Mitchell Trio - We Didn't Know lyrics

We didn't know at all, we didn't see a thing You can't hold us to blame, what could we do? It was a terrible shame, but we can't bear the blame Oh no, not us, we didn't know We didn't know said the burgermeister about those camps at the edge of town It was Hitler and his crew that tore the German nation down We saw the cattle cars, it's true, and maybe they carried a Jew or two They woke us up as they rattled through, but what did you expect me to do? We didn't know at all, we didn't see a thing You can't hold us to blame, what could we do? It was a terrible shame, but we can't bear the blame Oh no, not us, we didn't know We didn't know said the congregation singing a hymn in a church of white The press was full of lies about us, preacher told us we were right The outside agitators came, they burned some churches and they put the blame On decent Southern peoples names, to set our colored folks aflame And maybe some of our boys got hot, and a couple of n******gs and reds got shot They should've stayed where they belong, the preacher would've told us if we'd done wrong We didn't know at all, we didn't see a thing You can't hold us to blame, what could we do? It was a terrible shame, but we can't bear the blame Oh no, not us, we didn't know We didn't know said the puzzled voter watching the President on TV I guess we gotta drop those bombs, if we're gonna keep South Asia free The President's such a peaceful man, I guess he's got some kind of plan They say we're torturing prisoners of war, but I don't believe that stuff no more Torturing prisoners is a Communist game, and you can bet they're doing the same I wish this war was over and through, but what do you expect me to do? We didn't know at all, we didn't see a thing You can't hold us to blame, what could we do? It was a terrible shame, but we can't bear the blame Oh no, not us, we didn't know We didn't know at all, we didn't see a thing You can't hold us to blame, what could we do? It was a terrible shame, but we can't bear the blame Oh no, not us, we didn't know