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Mobile Lyrics by Nanseera

American Odyssey (Deluxe Edition)

2022

Verse 1
Hop in the car, we’re on an adventure
Driving all the way to Mobile
This is your cousin and this is your hometown
From many generations ago
Walk through the graveyard, me and my brothers
Are staring at stones in the ground
That’s great-grandma Sarah, slave owner from Selma
Can you feel her rolling around?
Pre Chorus
I wrote in my diary
I’ll get my matches and gasoline
Oh I wrote in my diary
I’ll burn it all till it’s smithereens
Chorus
They’ll ask me
“Why did you burn down Mobile?
Can’t you see there’s something beautiful here?
Why did you burn down Mobile?
Get off your high horse, you’re not the victim here.”
Verse 2
Dining room ceilings stretch up to the heavens
Portraits on every wall
That’s great-grandma Sarah, slave owner from Selma
She holds her guitar just like you
Pre Chorus
I wrote in my diary
I’ll get my matches and gasoline
Oh I wrote in my diary
I’ll burn it all till it’s smithereens
Chorus
They’ll ask me
“Why did you burn down Mobile?
Can’t you see there’s something beautiful here?
Why did you burn down Mobile?
Get off your high horse, you’re not the victim here.”
Verse 3
Welcome to church. It’s all marble and windows
And big money stained into glass
And Jesus the savior is dying across from
Highly hung confederate flags
I saw a black woman and then a policeman
Her body was pulled to the ground
It seems like nothing has changed in Mobile
Except me and my brothers are in town
Pre Chorus
I wrote in my diary
I’ll get my matches and gasoline
Oh I wrote in my diary
I’ll burn it all till it’s smithereens
Chorus
They’ll ask me
“Why did you burn down Mobile?
Can’t you see there’s something beautiful here?
Why did you burn down Mobile?
Get off your high horse, you’re not the victim here.”
Not here
Credits
Nanseera

Nanseera

About “Mobile” by Nanseera

Read the complete lyrics to "Mobile" by Nanseera from the album "American Odyssey (Deluxe Edition)" in 2022. On Lyrks you can follow along with the full text, explore the artist's discography, and discover related songs. The track is often categorized under Americana, Politics, Folk.

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"Mobile" is credited to Nanseera. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"Mobile" appears on "American Odyssey (Deluxe Edition)" in 2022.

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