This is from her Songs on Purpose release, and it's a song she was just talking about, Before the Fire.

My name is Fanny Taylor And in 1923 I lived next to a sawmill Northeast of Cedar Key In the little town of Summer Divided by race From the nearby town of Rosewood Such a peaceful place Before the fire Before the noise Before I heard the sheriff call, let's go get him, boys, before the death.

Before the screams, I walked the streets of Rosewood and Mud.

A hundred angry men sent their dogs into the night To find one black man that they said attacked a woman who was white And they tortured and they killed and they terrorized the town And they took their torches with them and they burnt it to the ground Rosewood, I remember, was a happy place to be.

With three churches and two schools and a baseball team.

Houses always painted, roses everywhere.

And at night, piano music filled the air before the fire broke.

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