The Prisoner

England Dan and John Ford Coley

Take us to the prisoner


Let us gaze into his eyes


To see what kind of man


It takes a nation to despise


Take us to the prisoner


Let us look upon his face


To see why twenty thousand men


Would gladly take his place


Won't someone give a drink to him?


Remove the chains and let him live


Let him live





Take us to the prisoner


Let us listen to his voice


To see why worlds of wisdom's


In a cell without a choice


Take us to the prisoner


Torn and bent beneath the chains


We wonder if the world is really


Worthy of his name?


Won't someone give a drink to him?


Remove the chains and let him live


Let him live





We know where we're going


For we heard the new winds blowing


And we're got to know for ourselves


It won't help to listen to someone else





Take us to the prisoner


With his eyes so full of grace


The priests have lied


And kings have died


Filled with their own disgrace


Won't someone give a drink to him?


Remove the chains and let him live


Let him live


Let him live


Let him live