Young people Welcome to the... ???... heaven... ???... and ministry tonight Won't you please turn in your hymnals to page 333 Sister Mildred, we're gonna play free at last Free at last, thank God almighty
Free at last, free at last I thank God I'm free at last Free at last, free at last I thank God I'm free at last
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(chorus 1) Free, free, I'm free at last Thank God Almighty I'm free at last Free, free, I'm free at last Thank God Almighty I'm free
(chorus 2) Cause I'm free, free at last And I'm free, from my past, and I'm free Free from sin, and I'm free And I ain't going back again
Shackles had me down but He gave me a new sound So reclaim my name from the lost and found Ya see, something's got me jumpin' And I think it's the way That He can take a hard man And turn him into soft clay Out of the darkness, the Father has sparked this The spirit's alive while the flesh is a carcass If you're seriously curious about my past Well I once was lost but I'm free at last!
(repeat choruses 1 and 2)
Oppression was in session and my life was the term But when I heard about the Word I was willing to learn About a flavor I could savor and a brighter tomorrow Cause this could never be endeavored by a wish on a star The Father first receives us, the Truth then frees us Forgiven, now I'm living like a man full of Jesus It was hell until I fell upon my knees and prayed But now the yoke that I was totin' has been taken away
(repeat chorus 1)
Cause I'm free, free at last, free From my past, free from sin, and I'm free And down on my knees when my life passed me by And I ain't, no I ain't going back again
F R to the E E L A to the S T Out of the darkness, the Father has sparked this The spirit's alive while the flesh is a carcass If you're seriously curious about my past Well I was once lost but I'm free at last
I'm here to tell you what he did for me and I'm here to tell you that he set me free and I know that He can do the same for you, too He did it, I'm wit it, so come and get it Be free at last!
(repeat chorus 1 x2)
When all of God's children: black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics Will be able to join hands and Sing in the words of the old negro spiritual...
(repeat chorus 1)
Cause I'm free, free at last, cause I'm free I'm free, I'm free, I'm free, I'm free, I'm free Down on my knees when my life passed me by And I ain't, no I ain't going back again Thank God I'm free
Free at last, free at last Thank God almighty we are free at last!