Parade movie - Where Will You Stand When the Flood Comes? lyrics
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WHERE WILL YOU STAND WHEN THE FLOOD COMES?<br>
SLATON<br>
I have an announcement to make: <br>
Leo Frank is no longer a prisoner in the Fulton Tower. <br>
At five o'clock this morning, he was removed to another prison location, <br>
which will not be disclosed at this time.<br>
<br>
WATSON<br>
Will you walk with your head held high?<br>
Or move aside when they're passin' you by?<br>
Will you run when the fires are fanned?<br>
And where will you stand when the flood comes?<br>
<br>
Will you ride by the side of God<br>
Or will you hide in the soil and the sod?<br>
Will you fight for the soul of your land?<br>
Well, where will you stand when the flood comes?<br>
Where will you stand when the flood comes?<br>
<br>
SLATON (overlapping)<br>
Two thousand years ago, <br>
another governor washed his hands and turned a Jew over to a mob. <br>
Ever since then, that governor's name has been a curse. <br>
If, today, another Jew went to his grave because I failed to do my duty, <br>
I would all my life find his blood on my hands. <br>
I have reviewed all the evidence in the case of the State of Georgia <br>
against Leo Frank and I have decided<br>
to commute his sentence from the death penalty to imprisonment for life. <br>
All I wish now is that the people of Georgia withhold judgement until <br>
they have given calm and careful consideration to the statement <br>
I have prepared on the case.<br>
<br>
CRAIG<br>
Mr. Dorsey, you care to comment?<br>
<br>
DORSEY<br>
I was not a part of the Governor's decision, Mr. Craig. I'm as surprised as you are.<br>
<br>
WATSON & ENSEMBLE<br>
Will you beg for the Jew's reward<br>
Or walk with us at the side of the Lord?<br>
Put your soul in the Devil's hand?<br>
Well, where will you stand when the flood comes?<br>
<br>
WATSON (to DORSEY)<br>
Where will you stand?<br>
Where will you stand?<br>
<br>
WATSON & ENSEMBLE<br>
Where will you stand?<br>
<br>
DORSEY<br>
With you, Mr. Watson. I'll be proud to stand with you.<br>
<br>
WATSON<br>
God bless the next Governor of Georgia!<br>
<br>
DORSEY<br>
Yes, I see through the fog and dust,<br>
So let the mob do whatever they must.<br>
Slaton jumps at the Jew's command:<br>
<br>
DORSEY & WATSON<br>
Well, where will you stand when the flood comes?<br>
Where will you stand?<br>
<br>
ALL<br>
Where will you stand?<br>
<br>
CRAIG<br>
And the news spread like wildfire. <br>
An angry crowd marched north on Peachtree Street <br>
toward the Governor's Mansion, yelling,<br>
"Hang the Yankee-lover!"<br>
<br>
ALL<br>
See them laugh when an Angel dies!<br>
See them tell all their Jew-loving lies!<br>
But they'll run on the Judgement Day!<br>
Someone's gonna pay when the flood comes!<br>
See the blood as a city grieves!<br>
See the stain that the Jew-money leaves!<br>
Traitors won't keep the mobs at bay!<br>
Someone's gonna pay when the flood comes!<br>
<br>
CRAIG<br>
Windows were smashed in Jewish stores. <br>
Jacob Seligman, a clothier, was beaten and left for dead.<br>
<br>
MRS. PHAGAN<br>
Mary, Mary, the angel child<br>
My child:<br>
WATSON<br>
Mary, Mary the angel child<br>
Still your name and your soul are defiled.<br>
Thank God you can't hear the things they say<br>
But someone's gonna pay!<br>
<br>
DORSEY & WATSON<br>
Someone's gonna pay!<br>
<br>
ALL<br>
Someone's gonna pay!<br>
Georgia, home of the strong and sure,<br>
Fight like hell for the land of the pure!<br>
Teach the traitor to run away!<br>
Georgia, home of the strong and sure,<br>
Fight like hell for the land of the pure!<br>
Teach the traitor to run away!<br>
Georgia, home of the strong and sure,<br>
Fight like hell for the land of the pure!<br>
Teach the traitor to run away!<br>
Someone's gotta pay!<br>
Someone's gotta pay when the flood comes!<br>
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