This song still puzzles me. I guess you'd say it's politically motivated, which is strange for me. I'm not exactly known as the activist. But this song was actually inspired by Miss O's AP US History class. If you don't know the story, go read a history book.
Written Winter 2002
Freedom rider packs his bags
Takes with him everything he has
Nowhere to go
But just to say that he has been
Freedom rider pays his fare
Then climbs aboard to face their stares
And though they laugh at him
He holds his head up high
Freedom rider, where do you go?
Freedom rider, why this show?
Freedom rider, don't you know?
They hate you now?
Still he rides into the night
Asking only what is right
And if it kills him then
He'll die fighting this fight
Freedom rider stands alone
With nothing he can call his own
Fighting for the right
To think himself a man
Freedom rider knows this pain
They’ve taken everything away
And though they hate him, still
He holds his head up high
Freedom rider, where do you go?
Freedom rider, why this show?
Freedom rider, don’t you know?
They hate you now
Still he rides into the night
Asking only what is right
And if it kills him then
He’ll die fighting this fight
Still he rides into the night
Asking only what is right
And if it kills him then
He’ll die fighting this fight
Freedom rider’s seen the world
He knows the violence that it holds
But he’ll keep riding on
Until this fight is won
Freedom rider knows their game
He knows their violence and their rage
And though they beat him down
He holds his head up high
Freedom rider, where do you go?
Freedom rider, why this show?
Freedom rider, don’t you know?
They hate you now
Still he rides into the night
Asking only what is right
And if it kills him then
He’ll die fighting this fight
Still he rides into the night
Asking only what is right
And it will kill him, still
He’ll die ‘cause his is right
