Leyla McCalla - Song for a Dark Girl lyrics

Way down south in Dixie, Break the heart of me. They hung my black young lover, To a crossroads tree. Way down south in Dixie, Bruised body high in the air, I asked the white Lord Jesus, What was the use of prayer. Way down south in Dixie, Break the heart of me, Love is a naked shadow, On a gnarled and naked tree.