Free the slave

[00:14.85] Verse 1]

[00:16.33] Meet me by the riverside

[00:18.09] Later on the day

[00:20.59] Gonna watch the hanging of an honest man

[00:27.10] They say he ain't the guilty one

[00:30.08] But someone has to pay

[00:33.85] They will not be pleased before they see him hang

[00:41.10] As he cries out

[00:41.85] Turn and face the crowd

[00:45.85] As he cries out

[00:49.84] No one makes a sound

[00:52.59] As he cries out

[00:56.85] Before he hits the ground

[00:59.10] He cries out

[01:03.09] Where's your spirit now?

[01:06.26] Drown me in the river

[01:09.36] String me from the tree

[01:12.83] Won't you free the slave in me?

[01:25.59] Oh, oh

[01:47.57] Leave me when the time is near

[01:51.10] Leave me be in peace

[01:54.34] This is not the way you should remember me

[02:01.09] Have you nothing else to say?

[02:04.09] Final words of truth

[02:07.58] Forgive them, father

[02:09.35] For they know not what they do

[02:13.33] As he cries out

[02:17.35] Mercy can't be found

[02:19.84] As he cries out

[02:24.09] No one makes a sound

[02:26.60] As he cries out

[02:30.35] Before he hits the ground

[02:32.84] He cries out

[02:37.09] Where's your savior now?

[02:40.09] Throw me in the ocean

[02:43.35] Cast me in the sea

[02:46.60] Won't you free the slave in me?

[03:00.59] Don't you know, oh, don't you know?

[03:03.09] Whoa, they're gonna come for you

[03:05.35] You can run, run on out

[03:08.35] Oh, they're gonna come for you

[03:10.34] Until you bleed, oh

[03:13.10] Until you bleed, oh

[03:20.85] Dark days are coming

[03:25.10] Dark days so you should take shelter

[03:28.34] You should take shelter

[03:31.10] Dark days are coming

[03:33.59] Dark days are here

[03:40.10] Is your conscience clear?

[03:48.84] Have you seen the brave man

[03:52.27] Hanging from a tree?

[03:56.36] Say, who will be the first to see?