Tenacious_Peaches Posted June 11, 2007 Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 I got an email from a person looking for the title and artist of a song. It sounds familiar to me, but I can't for the life of me remember the specifics. Does this ring any bells for anybody? "I was looking for a very specific sad, poignant song about racism, but haven’t been able to find it at all, and I think it might have been banned from radio. If I describe it, I was hoping you might know the title and artist, or could post it, and someone online might know. I believe the song came out around 1993 -1995, and I think it was by a well known male country artist or group, but it seemed to have only been played on the radio station once or twice, and then got pulled. The song was about a white boy and a black boy that were friends. They were walking together and then the black boy saw his house burning, or crosses in his yard burning (something like that, I don’t remember exactly). Anyway the black boy ran to help his family, and the white boy said he would run home and get his Dad to come help them put out the fire. The white boy runs home and sees his father taking off a white hood and maybe washing blood from his hands or had blood on his shirt. The white boy can’t believe his Dad did it and runs away to go back and help his black friend and the white boy’s father calls after him. The white boy runs into the burning house to help his black friend and they both end up dying. When the fire was put out, the white boy’s father couldn’t tell which boy was his son because they were both burned so badly." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted June 11, 2007 Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 could it be this one? Cherokee Highway ~ Western Flyer (1995) PRELUDE (Jesus Loves The Little Children) Mississippi, in '61, they Watched his daddy die Guided by the light of a burning cross That lit the Delta sky Kevin and Willie, 10 years old, They were best of friends The only way you could tell 'em apart Was the color of their skin "C'mon Willie!," Kevin screamed, "Let's get out of here!" Willie's numb, Can't even run, frozen there with fear So Kevin takes off through the woods Yelling "I'll be back for you!" Running fast, out of breath, can't stop and rest His daddy would know what to do But rushing through the door He sees the eyes of a man His daddy's washing the blood out of a sheet But it won't come off his hands CHORUS: And the blood still runs down Cherokee Highway A senseless river filled with all they've shed Just two dark sides to Cherokee Highway But black or white, the blood still runs red Now the fire is at the fuse In a town that just won't learn Word is out, "make the white man pay," Gonna watch his farm house burn Midnight, the flames begin, Kevin's daddy's the first to rise So he grabs his gun and he grabs his wife, But Kevin's still inside From the shadows comes a boy with darker skin Though they killed his daddy, gonna save his friend, He runs through the door as the house falls in CHORUS Staning in the ashes, he sees what hate really is Two little bodies, both burned black, Can't tell which child is his CHORUS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Jane 61 Posted June 11, 2007 Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 Peaches, I don't know if this will help, it is song titles and artists of songs about racism. List of songs Maybe a title will jog your memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious_Peaches Posted June 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 Farin, I believe that's it! Thanks! Jane, thanks for the link, although I wish I hadn't clicked on it. Even reading the titles to some of those upset me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Jane 61 Posted June 11, 2007 Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 Oh I know Peachy, I didn't really read a lot of them, but I just thought it might jog your mind. In fact it shocked me there were so many. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otokichi Posted June 12, 2007 Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 (edited) And now for something completely different: Reuben James In my song you live again And the phrase that I rhyme Are just a footstep out of time From the time when I knew you Reuben james Reuben james, all the folks around hadison county Cussed your name Youre just a no-count, sharecropping colored man Youd steal anything you can And everybody laid the blame on reuben james Reuben james, for you still walk Over fields of my mind Faded shirt, weathered brow Colored hands upon the plow Loved you then and I love you now Reuben james For a grave The gossiper of hadison county died with chide Although your skin was black You were the one that didnt turn your back On the hungry white child with no name Reuben james, reuben james With your mind on the soul And a bottle in your right hand You said turn the other cheek For theres a better world awaiting for the meek In my mind these words remain from reuben james Reuben james one dark cloudy day They brought you from the field And to your lonely crambox Came just a preacher Me and the rain Just to sing one last refrain to reuben james (Performed by Kenny Rogers.) A "Guy Gabaldon" kind of song. Edited June 12, 2007 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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