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Gordon Lightfoot BLACK DAY IN JULY
EmBlack day in JuDly, mEmotor city Dmadness has touGched the countrysEmide And thrCough the smoke and cinEmders, you can Chear it far and Emwide The doCors are quickly boEmlted and the chiCldren locked inEmside DBlack day in JEmuly.
EmBlack day in JuDly, and the sEmoul of Motor CDity is baGred across the lEmand As the bCook of law and oEmrder is taCken in the hEmands Of the sCons of the fatEmhers who were carCried to this lEmand DBlack day in JEmuly.
EmBlack day in JuDly, in the stEmreets of Motor CDity there is a deGadly silent soEmund And the bCody of a dEmead youth, lies strCetched upon the gEmround CUpon the filthy pavEmement no reCason can be foEmund DBlack day in JEmuly.
EmBlack day in JDuly, MoEmtor City maDdness has toGuched the countrysEmide And the peoCple rise in aEmnger and the strCeets begin to fEmill And there's gunCfire from the roEmoftops and the blCood begins to spEmill DBlack day in JEmuly.
Interlude #1:
In the manEmsion of the govGernor There's noEmthing that is knGown for sure The telepEmhone is rinGging And the peEmndulum is swiGnging And they woEmnder how it hapGpened And they reEmally know the rGeason And it waEmsn't just the tempGerature And it waEmsn't just the seGason DBlack day in JEmuly.
EmBlack day in JuDly, MEmotor City's buDrning and the flGames are running wEmild They refClect upon the waEmters of the riCver and the lEmake And everCyone is listEmening and everCyone's aEmwake DBlack day in JEmuly.
EmBlack day in JuDly, the priEmnting press is turDning and the nGews is quickly Emflashed And you rCead your morning pEmaper and you sCip your cup of tEmea And you woCnder just in paEmssing is it hCim or is it Emme DBlack day in JEmuly.
Interlude #2:
In the ofEmfice of the PreGsident The dEmeed is done the trGoops are sent There's reEmally not much chGoice you see It loEmoks to us like anaGrchy And tEmhen the tanks go roGlling in To paEmtch things up as beGst they can There Emis no time to hesiGtate The spEmeech is made the dGues can wait DBlack day in JEmuly.
EmBlack day in JDuly, the stEmreets of Motor CDity now are qGuiet and seEmrene But the shCapes of gutted buiEmldings strike teCrror to the hEmeart And you sCay how did it haEmppen and you sCay how did it stEmart Why cCan't we all be brotEmhers, why cCan't we live in pEmeace But the haCnds of the hEmave-nots keep faClling out of rEmeach DBlack day in JEmuly.
EmBlack day in JDuly, bEmlack day in JDuly.