If you utter a sound Or make a move We'll kill you Then they gathered around me One man took my right arm And another man took my left When the third man grabbed the front of my coat Then thrown in to an automobile we go
Oh I wish I, I could describe The terror in that 20 mile ride Oh I wish I, I could describe The terror in the beautiful California moonlight
In an auto with six man and chauffeur Yeah these Christian patriots They put fingers in my eyes and nose As they subjected me to torture Yeah the torture that a god fearing man Is capable of conceiving
Oh I wish I, I could describe The terror in that 20 mile ride Oh I wish I, I could describe The terror in the beautiful California moonlight
You won't kiss the American flag Well by god we'll make you We'll ram it down your throat Sing the Star Spangled Banner with feeling
They put their autos together So the lamp set a sickly stage light Fourteen defenders of this country All commanding me to undress They poured tar over my body and hair In the absence of feathers they rubbed sagebrush instead
Oh I wish I, I could describe The terror in that 20 mile ride Oh I wish I, I could describe The terror in the beautiful California moonlight
My suffering was terrible But my greatest pain was over you