SCOTT FREE
(Robertson 2011)

They say justice is blind, but not in Mississippi
They say it’s hard to do time down in Mississippi
Sixteen years ago Gladys and Jamie Scott
Took part in a robbery, eleven bucks was all they got
The Scott sisters are free, but it’s no victory
The Scott sisters are free, but it’s no victory.
Evidence was circumstantial, though no one was hurt
And the both got life; not what they deserved
They spent sixteen years in a Mississippi prison
Their youth and health were gone in a Mississippi minute
The Scott sisters are free, but it’s no victory
The Scott sisters are free, but it’s no victory.
Their sentences were suspended by the governor of Mississippi
And they were free to go home to Florida, get out of Mississippi
But, let’s be honest, the Scott sisters weren’t serving time
For robbery, being black in Mississippi was their crime.
The Scott sisters are free, but it’s no victory
The Scott sisters are free, but it’s no victory.
If this is a victory, it’s a sad one at best
Jamie is sick and their lives are a mess
But that’s the way it goes, I guess, in Mississippi.
The Scott sisters are free, but it’s no victory
The Scott sisters are free, but it’s no victory.