Those Three Are On My Mind

Pete Seeger

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I Think Of Andy In The Cold Wet Clay Those Three Are On My Mind With His Friends Beside Him On That Brutal Day Those Three Are On My Mind There Lies Young James In His Mortal Pain Those Three Are On My Mind So I Ask Those Killers Can You Sleep Again Those Three Are On My Mind I See Young Michael With His Soft Eyed Bride Those Three Are On My Mind And Three Proud Mothers Weeping Side By Side Those Three Are On My Mind But I Grieve Yet And For Some The Sky Is Bright I Cannot Give Up Hoping For A Morning Light So I Ask Those Killers Can You Sleep At Night Those Three Are On My Mind Those Three Are On My Mind I See Tin Roofed Shanties Where My Brothers Live Those Three Are On My Mind And The Burnt Out Churches Where They Sing We Forgive Those Three Are On My Mind While On The Back Woods Roads Still Ride Those Hooded Bands Poisoning The Air Throughout The Good South Land So I Ask Those Killers Can You Ever Wash Your Hands Those Three Are On My Mind There Sit The Mighty Judges Handing Down The Law Those Three Are On My Mind In Their Marble Courthouse We Are Filled With Awe Those Three Are On My Mind I Know Of Tom Paine’s Water Tree I Know The Price Of Liberty Now I Ask That Question That Still Burns Inside Of Me Did They Also Burn The Courthouse When They Killed Those Three Those Three Are On My Mind Those Three Are On My Mind Those Three Are On My Mind

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