Inspired by the movie Selma which portrays the 1965 voting rights marches led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. A music video / slideshow for this song is available at: https://youtu.be/yYgWHQ31AMs
Inspired by the movie Selma which portrays the 1965 voting rights marches led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
1965 Selma still couldnt vote
Beaten bruised and weary, they never gave up hope
Fueled by injustice and a tragic recent death
They marched with pride, and a fire inside, and put courage to the test
After a lightning strike
There is a long thunder roll
It may be one quick snap
But it echoes through your soul
Maybe the answers come
After those shakes unfold
After a lightning strike
There is a long thunder roll
The sheriff came to meet them on that bridge in early March
Billy clubs and tear gas they used with ruthless hearts
But reporters shared the story and the nation finally saw
So thousands came to join them and to answer Martins call
After a lightning strike
There is a long thunder roll
It may be one quick snap
But it echoes through your soul
Maybe the answers come
After those shakes unfold
After a lightning strike
There is a long thunder roll
Thunder roll
Now they marched to Montgomery and they got the right to vote
And Dr. King composed sermons like no other man ever wrote
And they led this great nation back towards moral truth
And proved to the world Gandhi wasnt just a fluke
Yeah when the lightning strikes
And we feel the thunder roll
We may be quick to snap
But the echoes in our souls
Tell us the answers come
When love and truth are told
Like a great lightning strike
With a long thunder roll