Am

Walkin' down an Alabama road

Rememberin' what the Bible told

D G D Am

Walkin' with a letter in his hand

D G D Am

Dreaming of another southern land

Am

Walkin' down an Alabama road



And he went by the name of William Moore

Now what are you doing William Moore

D G Am

Why the letter in your hand?

D G Am

There's only one southern land

And he went by the name of William Moore



Am Em Am

What price the glory of one man?

C F

What price the glory of one man?

C Em

What price the hopes,

F G

What price the dreams,

C F G C

And what price the glory of one man?



Remembering what his grandfather done

Fought for the south in '61

A hundred years have passed by since then

Now Moore is fighting for the south again

Remembering what his grandfather done



Remembering the time in World War Two

And the South Pacific Island that he knew

Remembering the young men that he killed

And the praying that the guns of hate be stilled

Remembering the time in World War Two



What price the glory of one man?

What price the glory of one man?

What price the hopes,

What price the dreams,

And what price the glory of one man?



And they shot him on the Alabama road

Forgot about what the Bible told

They shot him with that letter in his hand

As though he were a dog and not a man

And they shot him on the Alabama road



Did you say it was a shame when he died?

Did you say he was fool because he tried?

Did you wonder who had fired the gun?

Did you know that it was you who f