We Had To Move

Had to move from our home From our home in Ellenton From our own family home, had to move Government claimed dominion Didn't ask nobody's opinion, we had to move E'rybody had to pack an' go 'Cause the government said so, we had to move When the rumors turned to fact Then the whole town had to pack All the white folks an' the black had to move When the government claimed the land Every woman, child an' man had to move Everybody had to pack an' go 'Cause the government said so, we had to move Some big shot politicians Made them big cigar decisions Didn't need our permission, had to move Buildin' bomb factories Stretchin' 'cross the three counties, had to move Everybody had to pack an' go 'Cause the government said so, we had to move All the churches had to move All the graveyards too All the stores an' the schools had to move All the sheds an' the tools All the cows an' the mules had to moved Everybody had to pack an' go 'Cause the government said so, we had to move Myers Mills, Hawthorne, Dunbarton, all gone While the ol' folks prayed on, had to move And nothin' we could do When the government came rollin' through We had to move Everybody had to pack an' go 'Cause the government said so We had to move