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