Bobby Kennedy - Black 47

Sing you a song about a man long forgotten

Born in Massachusetts in the city of Boston

He grew up, silver spoon in his mouth

Cocky as hell and he knew what he was all about

His brother Jack came home a hero from the Navy

His Daddy said, «Bobby, I think that maybe

If you and me do a whole lot of work

He’ll be the first Irish Catholic to make it to the White House.»

His Daddy, he bought the Democratic ticket

And Jack walked all over a man called Nixon

Six months later they’re sitting in the White House

«Bobby, let’s find out what this country is all about

I want you to be my attorney general

Clean up the unions, meet that man called Martin."

Then he got mixed up in the Cuban Crisis

Lee Harvey Oswald blew his head off down in Texas

Don’t get mad, just get even

Keep on going though your heart is bleeding

Love your friends, don’t turn your back on your enemies

This is the story of a man called Bobby Kennedy

So Bobby, he took a trip down South

Saw his brothers and his sisters living hand to mouth

Deep in the heart of the Mississippi Delta

While up in DC they’re blowing billions on weapons

Saw the look of despair in the eyes of the children

The hopelessness of the men and the women

«Something is rotten in these United States

And if you ain’t gonna fix it then get out of my way!»

He said, «I gotta do this, gotta run for President

Gotta put my millions where my heart is.»

Ran against Hubert and Gene McCarthy

Give the people a voice though it’s breaking up the party

Then someone whacked Martin in a state of paranoia

Bobby won the primary in the state of California

But some crazy mother with an illegal weapon

Blew his brains out all over that hotel

Don’t get mad, just get even

Keep on going though your heart is bleeding

Love your friends, don’t turn your back on your enemies

This is the story of a man called Bobby Kennedy

So many years since Bobby got offed

Nothing to replace him, no one doing the job

Don’t feed the children, they’re costing the moon

Weasels in the White House sing a Democratic tune

Then I hear him say, «It don’t make any sense.»

You can’t balance budgets without a conscience

And no one will deliver you from your enemies

If you go ahead and give up on all your dreams.

Don’t get mad, just get even

Keep on going though your heart is bleeding

Love your friends, don’t turn your back on your enemies

This is the story of a man called Bobby Kennedy

Don’t get mad, just get even

Keep on going though your heart is bleeding

Love your friends, don’t turn your back on your enemies

This is the story of a man called Bobby Kennedy

This is the story of a man called Bobby Kennedy