You can buy a rail-road - you can buy a mine
You can buy a mountain - with “No Trespassing” sign
You can buy a lobbyist - in Washington DC
There’s one thing you cannot buy - you can’t buy me!
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You can’t buy me - you can’t buy me
I’m the one you cannot buy - you can’t buy me
You can buy most anything your greedy eyes can see
I’m the one you cannot buy - you can’t buy me
You could buy the cotton - you could buy the mill
You could buy my parents - and bend them to your will
You could buy the lynching rope - and you could buy the tree
You say “jump” but I say “Nope” - you can’t buy me
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This song took no writing - jumped straight in my head
I am just reciting - what Philip Randolph said
He believed in Civil Rights - he hated slavery
He put these words up in lights - you can’t buy me
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Philip Randolph noticed - that at nature’s feast
Those who were the strongest - they ate the most not least
He marched up to Washington - in 1963
He taught Luther King to sing - you can’t buy me
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