Big tall courthouse, a clock upon the wall A hammer on the table and a copper on the door A judge in front and a jury at the side A judge in front and a jury at the side A judge in front and a jury at the side And a Bible on the stand to say I won't tell lies Well it's one o'clock, two o'clock, any old o'clock Between the rock and roll devil and the fear of god Big brotherly love runs shallow as skin In the deep south of America Can the lady take the stand now? Blah, blah, blah And how comes a black woman drives her own car? And what gives you the constitutional right And what gives you the constitutional right And what gives you the constitutional right To drive a car through a junction on a red stop light? Well it's one o'clock, two o'clock, any old o'clock Between the rock and roll devil and the fear of god Big brotherly love runs shallow as skin In the deep south of Yorkshire Well of course I drove the car through a red stop light But well, I thought that law was just for whites I saw the white folks drive through on green