Selma Swamp lyrics - Zach And Rodney & Canton Jones

Rolled into Selma off Pettus Bridge Road

Not far from the lost highway

Hank sang about years ago

Struck up a conversation

With a white-haired colored man in overalls

Eased my hand out of my pocket

I was watching real close

I can't say that I blame him

This day and time you never know

Yeah, this town's got a history

Of certain folks not getting along

Started swapping stories bout' growin' up round the swamp

And the beauty of a Bama moonlight cuttin' through trees covered in moss

Then we caught ourselves not thinking about the color our skin

Right there in black in white, we put hate in its place again

Hate in its place again

We both got scars that just won't heal

Try to move on something happens and steals

Hope for change, strength to love and forgive

That night in Selma two simple men talked

Left some things buried deep in the swamp

Both found out we're not enemies

For a moment in time lived another man's dream

We can't undo what's already been done

Only one thing can break the chains, that's love

Only one thing can bring the change, that's love

Yeah, we both got scars that just won't heal

Try to move on something happens and steals

Hope for change, strength to love and forgive

Yeah, that night in Selma two simple men talked

Left some things buried deep in the swamp

Both found out we're not enemies

For a moment in time lived another man's dream

For a moment in time lived another man's dream