Wilder Adkins Side By Side Lyrics

Peace, it don't come easy
Love, it don't come free
Martin Luther King said
"Lord, I have a dream.
Boys and girls of every color
walking side by side."
Brother, sister come on
Turn that darkness into light

Well I was born into the
Heart of Dixie land
Holy rollers in the
hills of Birmingham
All those summers spent just
Chasing lightning bugs by night
Heavy stillness and the
heat of August and July

Lord, a wind was stirring
From the east to west
Set my heart a-blazing
Deep down in my chest
And I heard that preacher
Crying out from 16th Street
"Til we all have freedom,
There is no man truly free"

On into September
Heard the people say
"Things just won't get better"
Four girls died today
But we will rise up singing
Truly, we shall overcome
And we won't quit singing
'Til that day of glory comes

Well, peace, it don't come easy
Love, it don't come free
Martin Luther King said
"Lord, I have a dream.
Boys and girls of every color
walking side by side."
Brother, sister come on
Turn that darkness into light

Brother, sister come on
Turn that darkness into light

We shall overcome one day
We shall overcome
Deep in my heart I do believe
One day, we shall overcome