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
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
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