We Shall Be Free

Written by Garth Brooks

(first verse)


This ain’t comin’ from no prophet

Just an ordinary man

When I close my eyes I see

The way this world shall be

When we all walk hand in hand

(second verse)


When the last child cries for a crust of bread

When the last man dies for just words that he said

When there’s shelter over the poorest head

We shall be free

(third verse)


When the last thing we notice is the color of skin

And the first thing we look for is the beauty within

When the skies and the oceans are clean again

Then we shall be free


We shall be free

We shall be free

Stand straight, walk proud

‘Cause we shall be free

When we’re free to love anyone we choose

When this world’s big enough for all different views

When we all can worship from our own kind of pew

Then we shall be free

We shall be free

(fourth verse)


We shall be free

Have a little faith

Hold out

‘Cause we shall be free

(fifth verse)


And when money talks for the very last time

And nobody walks a step behind

When there’s only one race and that’s mankind

Then we shall be free


We shall be free

We shall be free

Stand straight, walk proud, have a little faith, hold out

We shall be free


We shall be free

We shall be free

Stand straight, have a little faith

We shall be free

copyright: Garth Brooks in 1992