Browne Jackson Redemption Song Lyrics

Redemption Song Lyrics

(from the Concert for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame CD; peformed by Jackson
Browne)

 

 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 had, redemption songs, redemption songs

 

 Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery

 None but ourselves can free our minds

 Have no fear of atomic energy

 'Cause none of them can stop the time

 How long shall they kill our prophets

 While we stand aside and look?

 Yes, some say it's just a part of it

 We've got to fulfill the book