Redemption Song Lyrics - Joe Strummer And The Mescaleros

Old pirates, yes, they rob I 

Sold I to the merchant ships 

Minutes after they took I 

From the bottomless pit 

But my hand was made strong 

By the hand of the Almighty 

We forward in this generation 

Triumphantly 

Won't you help to sing 

These songs of freedom? 

'Cause all I ever have 

Redemption songs 

Redemption songs 

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery 

None but ourselves can free our minds 

Have no fear for atomic energy 

'Cause, none of them can stop the time 

How long shall they kill our prophets 

While we stand aside and look? 

Some say, "It's just a part of it 

We've got to fulfill the book" 

Won't you help to sing 

These songs of freedom? 

'Cause, all I ever have 

Redemption songs 

Redemption songs 

Redemption songs 

Old pirates, yes, they rob I 

Sold I to the merchant ships 

Minutes after they took I 

From the bottomless pit 

How long shall they kill our prophets 

While we stand aside and look? 

Some say, "It's just a part of it 

We've got to fulfill the book" 

So won't you help to sing 

These songs of freedom? 

'Cause, all I ever have 

These songs of freedom 

'Cause all I ever have 

Redemption songs 

These songs of freedom 

These songs of freedom