The Chad Mitchell Trio - We Didn't Know lyrics
[The Chad Mitchell Trio - We Didn't Know lyrics]
We didn't know at all, we didn't see a thing
You can't hold us to blame, what could we do?
It was a terrible shame
But we can’t bear the blame
Oh no, not us, we didn't know
"We didn’t know", said the burgermeister
"about those camps at the edge of town
It was Hitler and his crew that
Tore the German nation down
We saw the cattle cars, it's true
And maybe they carried a Jew or two
They woke us up as they rattled through
But what did you expect me to do"?
We didn't know at all, we didn't see a thing
You can't hold us to blame, what could we do?
It was a terrible shame
But we can't bear the blame
Oh no, not us, we didn't know
"We didn’t know"
Said the congregation singing a hymn
In a church of white
"The press was full of lies about us
Preacher told us we were right
The outside agitators came
They burned some churches and
They put the blame
On decent Southern peoples names
To set our colored folks aflame
And maybe some of our boys got hot
And a couple of niggers and reds got shot
They should've stayed where they belong
The preacher would've told us
If we'd done wrong"
We didn't know at all, we didn't see a thing
You can't hold us to blame, what could we do?
It was a terrible shame
But we can't bear the blame
Oh no, not us, we didn't know
"We didn’t know"
Said the puzzled voter watching
The President on TV
"I guess we gotta drop those bombs
If we're gonna keep south Asia free
The president's such a peaceful man
I guess he's got some kind of plan
They say we're torturing prisoners of war
But I don't believe that stuff no more
Torturing prisoners is a communist game
And you can bet they're doing the same
I wish this war was over and through
But what do you expect me to do"?
We didn't know at all, we didn't see a thing
You can't hold us to blame, what could we do?
It was a terrible shame
But we can't bear the blame
Oh no, not us, we didn't know
We didn't know at all, we didn't see a thing
You can't hold us to blame, what could we do?
It was a terrible shame
But we can't bear the blame
Oh no, not us, we didn't know
You can't hold us to blame, what could we do?
It was a terrible shame
But we can’t bear the blame
Oh no, not us, we didn't know
"We didn’t know", said the burgermeister
"about those camps at the edge of town
It was Hitler and his crew that
Tore the German nation down
We saw the cattle cars, it's true
And maybe they carried a Jew or two
They woke us up as they rattled through
But what did you expect me to do"?
We didn't know at all, we didn't see a thing
You can't hold us to blame, what could we do?
It was a terrible shame
But we can't bear the blame
Oh no, not us, we didn't know
"We didn’t know"
Said the congregation singing a hymn
In a church of white
"The press was full of lies about us
Preacher told us we were right
The outside agitators came
They burned some churches and
They put the blame
On decent Southern peoples names
To set our colored folks aflame
And maybe some of our boys got hot
And a couple of niggers and reds got shot
They should've stayed where they belong
The preacher would've told us
If we'd done wrong"
We didn't know at all, we didn't see a thing
You can't hold us to blame, what could we do?
It was a terrible shame
But we can't bear the blame
Oh no, not us, we didn't know
"We didn’t know"
Said the puzzled voter watching
The President on TV
"I guess we gotta drop those bombs
If we're gonna keep south Asia free
The president's such a peaceful man
I guess he's got some kind of plan
They say we're torturing prisoners of war
But I don't believe that stuff no more
Torturing prisoners is a communist game
And you can bet they're doing the same
I wish this war was over and through
But what do you expect me to do"?
We didn't know at all, we didn't see a thing
You can't hold us to blame, what could we do?
It was a terrible shame
But we can't bear the blame
Oh no, not us, we didn't know
We didn't know at all, we didn't see a thing
You can't hold us to blame, what could we do?
It was a terrible shame
But we can't bear the blame
Oh no, not us, we didn't know