Never Say Never

It was the 7th day of March in 1965.
A little big man with his arms at his side,
crossed the Alabama River with the people behind,
saying never say never say never.

For those come and gone, allowed only to dream,
for those breathing in that moment, for those yet to be,
they would give up their bodies for the world to see.
never say never say never.

Everybody’s on the edge.
Across the Edmund Pettus Bridge.
Beaten for the privilege.

Say it loud, say it again,
it’s so much deeper than the skin.
Say it now, say it again,
it’s so much deeper than the skin.

Hate is a chain with a prisoner at both ends.

It’s an American Heartbreak in the bright light of day,
it’s not business as usual on an Alabama highway,
no headlights in the mirror, no hooded face.
never say never say never.

Everybody’s on the edge.
Across the Edmund Pettus Bridge.
Beaten for the privilege.

Say it loud, say it again, it’s so much deeper than the skin.
Say it now, say it again, it’s so much deeper than the skin.

Hate is a chain with a prisoner at both ends.

-  music and lyrics by Greg Greenway ©2016 Sheen of Heat Music. All rights reserved.

Recorded on his 2016 "20,000 Versions of the Sun" album.