Only A Pawn In Their Game

by Bob Dylan

This song was written after Medgear Evers was murdered for speaking out for Black rights. It's really sad how nothing has changed in 35 years, isn't it?

A South politician preaches to the poor white man,


"You got more than the blacks, don't complain.
You're better than them, you been born with white skin," they explain.


And the Negro's name
Is used it is plain
For the politician's gain
As he rises to fame


And the poor white remains
On the caboose of the train
But it ain't him to blame
He's only a pawn in their game.