I wont be told anymore
~#**************#~
That Ive been brought down in this storm
~#**************#~
And left so far out from the shore
~#**************#~
That I cant find my way back, my way back anymore
~#**************#~
Oh, no, I wont be told anymore
~#**************#~
That Ive been bought down in this storm
~#**************#~
Ooh, and left so far out from the shore
~#**************#~
Oh, that I cant find my way back, my way anymore, no
~#**************#~
[Chorus]
~#**************#~
Oh, I
~#**************#~
I
~#**************#~
[Verse 2]
~#**************#~
Forgive them that tear down my soul
~#**************#~
And bless them that they might grow old
~#**************#~
And free them so that they may know
~#**************#~
That its never too late
~#**************#~
For the many times, what seemed like a memory
~#**************#~
I searched and found the ways you used to lure me in
~#**************#~
Oh, I found the ways
~#**************#~
Ooh, why it had to be mired in denial, and so afraid
~#**************#~
[Chorus]
~#**************#~
If we ever find its true
~#**************#~
That we have the strength to choose
~#**************#~
Oh, freedom, or the chains
~#**************#~
We have together
~#**************#~
[Bridge/Guitar Solo]
~#**************#~
(Im gonna tell you a story)
~#**************#~
(Stand up for righteousness)
~#**************#~
(Eh, what…)
~#**************#~
(Stand up for justice)
~#**************#~
(Eh, what…)
~#**************#~
(Stand up for truth)
~#**************#~
(How can a person grow up with all this around them?)
~#**************#~
(You gotta call on that something…)
~#**************#~
(Where does it come from?)
~#**************#~
(…That can make a way out of no way!)
~#**************#~
(All this hatred)
~#**************#~
(What weve got here is…)
~#**************#~
(Fear)
~#**************#~
(That power that can make a way out of no way)
~#**************#~
(Failure to communicate)
~#**************#~
(I tell you Ive seen a lightning flash, Ive heard the thunder roar)
~#**************#~
(Everybodys acting that we can do anything and it dont matter what we do, maybe we gotta be extra careful, because maybe it matters more that we even know)
~#**************#~
(Sometimes)
~#**************#~
(Hatred isnt something youre born with…)
~#**************#~
(I feel discouraged)
~#**************#~
(..it gets taught)
~#**************#~
(Sometimes I feel discouraged)
~#**************#~
(I felt this…fear)
~#**************#~
(He promised never to leave me, never to leave me alone. No, never alone, no, never alone)
~#**************#~
(Lets get sometin straight alright)
~#**************#~
(He promised never to leave me)
~#**************#~
(This whole thing is fucked up!)
~#**************#~
(Never to leave me alone)
~#**************#~
(Well, all men betray, all lose heart)
~#**************#~
(I dont wanna lose heart! I wanna believe!)
~#**************#~
(Black men and White men together, at the table of brotherhood, I have a dream!)
~#**************#~
(Free at last, free at last)
~#**************#~
(Thank God almighty, We are free at last!)
~#**************#~
[Outro]
~#**************#~
Oh, I wont be told anymore
~#**************#~
(If we ever find its true)
~#**************#~
That Ive been brought down in this storm
~#**************#~
(That we have the strength to choose)
~#**************#~
And left so far out from the shore
~#**************#~
(Oh, freedom, or the chains)
~#**************#~
That I cant find my way back, my way anymore
~#**************#~
(We have together)
~#**************#~
Oh, no, I wont be told anymore
~#**************#~
(If we ever find its true)
~#**************#~
Ooh, that Ive been brought down in this storm
~#**************#~
(That we have the strength to choose)
~#**************#~
Oh, and left so far out from the shore
~#**************#~
(Oh, freedom, or the chains)
~#**************#~
That I cant find my way back, my way anymore
~#**************#~
(We held together)
