From the recording Saints of the South
Lyrics
4. Vignettes of Birmingham
(JB Strauss)
Lead Vocals: JB Strauss
Pedal Steel: Nathan Dugger
Rhythm Electric Guitar: Court Clement
Lead Electric Guitar: Sadler Vaden
Bass Guitar: Jon Estes
Drums: Jordan Perlson
Organ: Jon Estes
Some folks get their truths from ancient pages
Others fight to right ancient wrongs
In the hopes of a brand new age
Somehow we forgot
We hold the scales in our hands
And evil can hide in righteousness
When the good don’t give a damn
Where we all went wrong was getting headstrong about political routine
Yeah, for all our sins it's always been that the truth lies in between
But if you're sitting on the fence, then they've already won when the rhetoric breaks the dam
'Cause there's still train tracks between us and monochrome scenes in vignettes of Birmingham
Oh, in vignettes of Birmingham
Sometimes it feels like the ship’s running aground
But that don’t mean to make it right we gotta burn the whole thing down
What was true at the dawn of man can still be true today
Generational failures tend to point toward the other way
Where we all went wrong was getting headstrong about political routine
Yeah, for all our sins it's always been that the truth lies in between
If you're sitting on the fence, then they've already won when the rhetoric breaks the dam
'Cause there's still train tracks between us, monochrome scenes in vignettes of Birmingham
Oh, vignettes of Birmingham
Where we all went wrong was getting headstrong about political routine
Yeah, for all our sins it's always been that the truth lies in between
But if you're sitting on the fence, then they've already won when the rhetoric breaks the dam
'Cause there's still train tracks between us, firehose scenes in vignettes of Birmingham
Oh, vignettes of Birmingham
Vignettes of Birmingham