AWM - Bless Lyrics by Laura Cantrell
Laura Cantrell Lyrics
He worked his tail off in 1982
Lifting weights, playing football in that fancy prep school
And with every advantage he humbly rose to the top
He never touched a woman, he liked his barley and his hops
Angry white man you'd have us believe
You're beset and besieged
Your reputation is aggrieved
Climbed you way up to the tallest high chair
Do you feel safer up there? I see you're loaded for bear
Angry white man, the еasiest part is saying bless your heart
Blеss your heart
Some people say Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves
And a woman's right to vote is one that Congress made
Both things are true but the pictures not complete
Til you color in the people lining the streets
Not asking for forgiveness, a favor, or a loan
They just hit the point home, their humanity's their own
I read a book one time about a minister from the south
Who marched with King at Selma
That righteousness he would not doubt
He'd remind me the people who came to hear him preach
Salvation is not for one side, it's not just meant for you and me
So he prayed with the bigots, and he'd pray for the KKK
And I wonder sometimes where Brother Campbell is praying today
Angry white men you'd have us believe
Your beset and besieged, your reputations are aggrieved
You climbed your way up to the tallest highchair
Do you feel safer up there, I see you're loaded for bear
Are my roots showing? I'm angry too
That is what we have in common, I'm exactly like you
But on further reflection, I've come to believe
Some days the pain and the fear get the better of me
I have failed to mention, of grave importance
Are all the angry women and all their rowdy friends
You can't hold them down, you can't cover their mouths
You can't drown them out, never going to drown them out
I have faith they will lift up this prayer
Just like Mavis did when she said she'd take us there
Angry white man, I'll do my part
Oh I bless your heart, bless your heart
Bless your heart, bless your heart
Blessings on your heart, if I bless your heart
Would you bless my heart? Bless your heart
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