Randy Newman — Rednecks

[Intro] Last night, I saw Lester Maddox on a TV show With some smart ass New York Jew And the Jew laughed at Lester Maddox And the audience laughed at Lester Maddox too Well, he may be a fool, but he's our fool If they think they're better than him, they're wrong So I went to the park, and I took some paper along And that's where I made this song [Verse 1] We talk real funny down here We drink too much and we laugh too loud We're too dumb to make it in no Northern town We're keepin' the niggers down [Verse 2] We got no-necked oilmen from Texas Good ol' boys from Tennessee College men from LSU Went in dumb, come out dumb too Hustlin' 'round Atlanta in their alligator shoes Gettin' drunk every weekend at the barbecues They're keepin' the niggers down [Chorus] We're rednecks, rednecks We don't know our ass from a hole in the ground We're rednecks, we're rednecks We're keeping the niggers down [Verse 3] Now, your northern nigga's a Negro You see, he's got his dignity Down here, we too ignorant to realize That the North has set the nigga free [Verse 4] Yes, he's free to be put in a cage In Harlem in New York City And he's free to be put in a cage on the South-Side of Chicago And the West-Side And he's free to be put in a cage in Hough in Cleveland And he's free to be put in a cage in East St. Louis And he's free to be put in a cage in Fillmore in San Francisco And he's free to be put in a cage in Roxbury in Boston [Bridge] They're gatherin' 'em up from miles around Keepin' the niggers down [Chorus]