A Church Is Burning Lyrics - Simon And Garfunkel

A church is burning 

The flames rise higher 

Like hands that are praying 

Aglow in the sky 

Like hands that are praying 

The fire is saying, 

"You can burn down my churches 

But I shall be free." 

Three hooded men through the back roads did creep 

Torches in their hands while the village lies asleep 

Down to the church where, just hours before 

Voices were singing, and 

Hands were beating, and 

Saying, "I won't be a slave anymore." 

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A church is burning 

The flames rise higher 

Like hands that are praying 

Aglow in the sky 

Like hands that are praying 

The fire is saying, 

"You can burn down my churches 

But I shall be free." 

Three hooded men, their hands lit the spark 

And they faded in the night, and they vanished in the dark 

And in the cold light of morning, there is nothing that remains 

But the ashes of a Bible and a can of kerosene 

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A church is burning 

The flames rise higher 

Like hands that are praying 

Aglow in the sky 

Like hands that are praying 

The fire is saying, 

"You can burn down my churches 

But I shall be free." 

A church is more than just timber and stone 

And freedom is a dark road when you're walking it alone 

But the future is now, and it's time to take a stand 

So the lost bells of freedom can ring out in my land 

A church is burning 

The flames rise higher 

Like hands that are praying 

Aglow in the sky 

Like hands that are praying 

The fire is saying, 

"You can burn down my churches 

But I shall be free."