A bullet from the back of a bush took medgar evers' blood / a finger fired the trigger to his name / a handle hid out in the dark / a hand set the spark / two. Bob dylan performed only a pawn in their game at a voter registration rally in greenwood, mississippi, for the first time Medgar evers, whom the song is dedicated to, was the mississippi leader of the national association for the advancement of colored people (naacp). Only a pawn in their game lyrics & meanings A bullet from the back of a bush took medgar evers' blood / a finger fired the trigger to his name
/ a handle hit out in the dark / a hand set the spark / two eyes took the aim / behind a man's brain / but he can't be blamed / he's only a pawn in their game / / a south politician preaches to the poor white man, / 'you got more than the blacks. A bullet from the back of a bush took medgar evers’ blood a finger fired the trigger to his name a handle hid out in the dark a hand set the spark two eyes took the aim behind a man’s brain but he can’t be blamed he’s only a pawn in their game a south politician preaches to the poor white man “you got more than the blacks, don’t complain you’re better than them, you been born. A bullet from the back of a bush took medgar evers' blood a finger fired the trigger to his name a handle hid out in the dark a hand set the spark two eyes took the aim behind a man's brain but he can't be blamed he's only a pawn in their game A south politician preaches to the poor white man you got more than blacks, don't complain you're better than them, you been born with white skin. About only a pawn in their game only a pawn in their game is a song written by bob dylan about the assassination of civil rights activist medgar evers in jackson, mississippi, on june 12, 1963
