Song for a Dark Girl - Leyla McCalla

Way down south in Dixie

Break the heart of me

They hung my black young lover

To a crossroads tree

Way down south in Dixie

Bruised body high in the air

I asked the white Lord Jesus

What was the use of prayer

Way down south in Dixie

Break the heart of me

Love is a naked shadow

On a gnarled and naked tree

Way down south in Dixie

Break the heart of me

They hung my black young lover

To a crossroads tree

Way down south in Dixie

Bruised body high in the air

I asked the white Lord Jesus

What was the use of prayer

Way down south in Dixie

Break the heart of me

Love is a naked shadow

On a gnarled and naked tree

Love is a naked shadow

On a gnarled and naked tree

Love is a naked shadow

On a gnarled and naked tree