THIS IS HOW IT ALL BEGAN			    D C9  G D 
A DAY OF HATE THAT SCARRED THIS LAND
PEOPLE ADDED LIES TO WHAT THEY KNEW
JUDGEMENT ARRIVED AS THE RUMOURS GREW
HE RARELY SPOKE, WAS A QUIET MAN
SHE WAS A BEAUTY NATIVE TO THE LAND
NO ONE APPROVED OF WHAT THEY DID
THEY DIDN’T HAVE THE SAME COLOR OF SKIN 

SMALL MINDED LIES CAN TURN THAT WAY
EVERYONE BELIEVES THEY SHOULD HAVE A SAY
OPINIONS ARE SHARED MOST ARE LIKELY WRONG
THE COUPLES LOVE GREW, IT DIDN’T TAKE LONG 
THEIR STORY TRAVELED ACROSS THE COUNTY LINES
THE LOCALS SWORE TO STOP THIS CRIME
HE ASKED HER FATHER FOR HER HAND
THIS IS WHERE IT ALL BEGAN

THE FOLKS IN THE COUNTY GATHERED, IT WAS LATE
THE CROWD CARRIED WEAPONS AND SPEWED THEIR HATE
THEY MARCHED TO THEIR HOME CHANTING THEY MUST PAY
BURN DOWN THEIR HOUSE ONE WAS HEARD TO SAY

THE FIRE WAS LIT , AND THE HOUSE BURNED DOWN
THE SHAMEFUL SMOKE FILLED THE TOWN
SHE WAS A BEAUTY HER HAIR BLACK AS THE NIGHT
HE SWORE HE WOULD LOVE HER ALL HIS LIFE 
THE COUPLE WERE WISE AND THEY HAD ESCAPED
EARLY THAT DAY THEY DROVE AWAY FROM THE HATE
SHE WAS A BEAUTY HER HAIR BLACK AS THE NIGHT
HE SWORE HE WOULD LOVE HER ALL HIS LIFE