Where The Cross Dont Burn

[Intro]           [Verse 1]   We were white   and they were black And our lives they were divided by the railroad tracks But we’d meet up every mornin’ at that riverbend That’s where I learned about Jesus from my only black friend And sometimes we’d sit and stare up at the sky And I could see the hope of heaven in his eyes [Chorus]   In the land where the cotton grows   In a time when change came slow   Just beyond    the point of no return     A white boy and a black old man   On the tracks walking hand in hand   It’s where I come to  understand and learn     Where the cross don’t burn [Interlude]           [Verse 2] He’d Tell me  money doens’t matter nor the color of your skin You can stumble even fall and still   get up again ’Cause it ain’t about the deeds good or bad that we have done All we have to do is love to be disciples of the Son    And we’d   join hands and bow our heads to   pray And he told me that he loved me every   day [Chorus]   In the land where the cotton grows   In a time when change came slow   Just beyond    the point of no return     A white boy and a black old man   On the tracks walking hand in hand   It’s where I come to  understand and learn     Where the cross don’t burn [Interlude]           [Bridge] Yeah we’re all gathered here this mornin’ at this riverbend To say our last goodbyes to my very best friend As his ashes slowly float away We know it’s only ’til we meet again someday [Chorus]   In the land where the cotton grows   In a time when change came slow   Just beyond    the point of no return     A young boy and a kind old man   On the tracks walking hand in hand   It’s where I come to  understand and learn     Where the cross don’t burn [Interlude]