Joe Purdy - Cairo Walls lyrics

Don't point your guns at me I am a friend Blood runs the same as you I love my country But my country has sinned Changes are overdue So don't turn your back on millions of people just trying to tell you what's wrong This land is your land This land is my land This land has been bleedin' too long And my brother was chased by the white hats And my brother was only nineteen And my brother was shot by a sniper And my brother he died in the street And my brother was beat by policeman and he died on a prison floor And my brother he fought in Vietnam And my brother was k**ed coming home from the war And my brother was k**ed in his hometown We wear the stars and stripes And they're painted in the heart of the country We saw America die It was written on the Cairo Walls And my sister was ga**ed at the protest And my sister was told not to speak up And my sister was taken in handcuffs And my sister was moved to the back of the bus She was told not to eat in your restaurants She was told not to swim in your swimming pools She was told not to work in your factories She was told not to vote in your elections She was told that she was worth nothing We watched the railroad wind through the broken heart of the country We saw America die It was written on the Cairo Walls And my brother he marched down on Washington And my brother he inspired millions And my brother he spoke for equality And my brother was shot on a balcony And my brother was shot at the theater And my brother was shot from a gra**y knoll And my brother was shot in a stairwell And my brother was shot in a doorway And my brother was shot in a church house And my brother was k**ed in a chokehold And my brother was shot in Chicago And my brother was shot down in Ferguson And my brother was shot with his hands up And my brother was shot with his hands up We wear the stars and stripes And they're painted in the heart of the country We saw America die It was written on the Cairo Walls