Black Summer

Jacob Blake shooting scene, Kenosha, Wisconsin, August 23, 2020

There were good moments, of course, but I hope I never see another year like 2020.

A Tennessee tornado

Took out the neighborhood

They closed up all the honkytonks

And now I’m gone for good

The coward found the helpless ones

And slammed them to the floor

Nobody wants to be in this

Black summer anymore

It’s all gone crazy, who knows why?

Maybe there’s a bad moon on the rise

Gotta make it through the winter to the other side

I hope that we can make it with our souls intact

Black summer, don’t ever come back

So I moved on to higher ground

Along the western shore

Found refuge here in all the places

I had loved before

But the sickness finally found me

Then went looking for more

Nobody wants to be in this

Black summer anymore

It’s all gone crazy, who knows why?

Better wear a mask, you better stay inside

Gotta make it through the winter to the other side

I hope that we can make it with our souls intact

Black summer, don’t ever come back

I thought it might be all a dream

Or maybe a mistake

As I watched the cellphone videos

Of Arbery, Floyd and Blake

I pray this is the last of it

We lock that bloody door

Nobody wants to be in this

Black summer anymore

It’s all gone crazy, who knows why?

Are you coming with, or will you stay behind?

Gotta make it through the winter to the other side

I hope that we can make it with our souls intact

Black summer, don’t ever come back