What's the big joke about Grant and his tomb?
The man has been diminished, I want to change the tune
All that we remember is his seamy side
With all that whiskey, I'm amazed that he could ride
But he rode across the South
And he kicked 'em in the mouth
And for ten or twelve years
The South could only run and hide
Ulysses S. Grant was a good man
He wasn't just a drunk
With some scandals on his hands
He believed in justice and he fought real well
He should be remembered like the Liberty Bell
Ulysses S. Grant was a good man
Ulysses S. Grant was a good man
He did what he could to protect the freed blacks
The Civil War was finished, but the South still fought back
And so Grant sent the troops to protect the voting rights
He really did a number on the old Southern whites
There were soldiers throughout the South
Who were kickin' 'em in the mouth
So those good old boys just stepped aside
And did their ragin' in the night
Ulysses S. Grant was a good man
He did the best he could
For the Reconstruction Plan
He treated good people with real respect
It wasn't his fault that black freedom got wrecked
Ulysses S. Grant was a good man
Ulysses S. Grant was a good man
Let's look at what happened when the War was through
Black power blossomed and it grew and grew
They promoted education and they humanized the laws
But the black flower stuck in the Southern man's craw
So Grant, he took a stand, to try and stop the Klan
But it didn't take too very long for the South to rise again
Ulysses S. Grant was a good man
It never could have happened
If he didn't take a stand
He gave the black man a brief moment in the sun
So of course he's remembered as a son-of-a-gun
Ulysses S. Grant was a real good man
Ulysses S. Grant was a good man
Jeff Massanari - electric guitar; Mike Bacile - acoustic bass; Tom Hassett - real drums.
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