Take this hammer, carry it to the captain If he asks you was I runnin' If he asks you was I laughin' They wanna feed me cornbread and molasses Tell him I'm gone, tell him I'm gone Tell him I was flyin', tell him I was flyin' Tell him I was cryin', tell

'Cause I believe in a world Where we all belong And I'm so tired of seein' Every good man gone Preacher man, go tell me Where his body lies Sitting down by the river, now, child Left him there to die