Black and Blue Devil So we sent you to camp where the other boys were white So a coach came to our doorstep, oh was he polite A leading program in the country on a full scholarship Named for a tobacco family who didn't spare the whip Your mother and I tried to do what was best Your mother and I tried to do what was best I remember the cops and the hoses and the dogs I remember the cops and the hoses and the dogs So we let you play the only native game So we told you that this country sees every boy the same So we told you to forget all about the past for shame So we taught you that the silent man's as bad as he who sins In a house in the night I hope you never chipped in I've been alive too long to trust genetic tests I've been around too long to believe in just arrests I grew up knowing separate isn't equal after all But now you're all, you're all equally at fault Your mother and I tried to do what was best Your mother and I tried to do what was best I remember the cops and the hoses and the dogs I remember the cops and the hoses and the dogs So your skin set you free and the white girls show support The boys of North Buchannan won't even go to court But we're not welcome in the church we rebuilt in '68 You share in the disgrace but you'll never be one of them In a house in the night My God she could have been your kin What we said