People get ready, there's a new day a-comin'
Everybody's gonna be free,
a better day for you and me
Everybody's gonna be free
Everybody's gonna be free
Oh Lord, have mercy..
There'll be no more fightin' – in Viet Nam
Everybody's gonna be free – all over this land
Everybody's gonna be free
Oh Lord have mercy
Everybody's gonna be free, yeah
Everybody's gonna be free..
There'll be no more fightin' – in Viet Nam
Everybody's gonna be free – all over this land
Listen, Mr. President, yeah, this is an open letter to you
I wanna know, why don't you stop the fightin' -an' bring all our boys home, that's right...
but Mr. President, oh can't you see -all the protesters in the streets?
an' look at all the hungry people – the fatherless children -with no shoes on their feet
Can't you hear them singin'? I can, they're sayin':
I wanna be free - (gonna be free)
Everybody wanna be free - (gonna be free)
Everywhere you go they wanna be free (gonna be free)
Way down in Georgia - (they wanna be free)
In South Africa - (they wanna be free)
New York ain't no better - (they wanna be free)
Up and down the streets of Harlem free!
Everybody's gonna be free,
a better day for you and me
Everybody's gonna be free
Everybody's gonna be free
Oh Lord, have mercy..
There'll be no more fightin' – in Viet Nam
Everybody's gonna be free – all over this land
Everybody's gonna be free
Oh Lord have mercy
Everybody's gonna be free, yeah
Everybody's gonna be free..
There'll be no more fightin' – in Viet Nam
Everybody's gonna be free – all over this land
Listen, Mr. President, yeah, this is an open letter to you
I wanna know, why don't you stop the fightin' -an' bring all our boys home, that's right...
but Mr. President, oh can't you see -all the protesters in the streets?
an' look at all the hungry people – the fatherless children -with no shoes on their feet
Can't you hear them singin'? I can, they're sayin':
I wanna be free - (gonna be free)
Everybody wanna be free - (gonna be free)
Everywhere you go they wanna be free (gonna be free)
Way down in Georgia - (they wanna be free)
In South Africa - (they wanna be free)
New York ain't no better - (they wanna be free)
Up and down the streets of Harlem free!
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