An old man once said When the war is over we would be free He said that we'd have to drive Those Nazis back to Germany His vote in the post-war years Was a steadfast cast for FDR 'Cause he thought that the new deal Would heal a nation's bleeding heart A man in his middle years Shed tears about the economy He said that the balance of the deficity Would set us free He was caught in a fragile state Cause the Dow had never sunk this far So he searched for the deliverance At the bottom of a bottle at a local bar Everybody, Everybody wants to be free But I'm here to tell you Freedom Can only be found in the blood of Jesus Freedom Can only be known in the love of God Freedom Comes to whoever would dare to believe Jesus is Freedom A child once spoke of the hour When school would end and he could play His freedom waited for him At the ending of another day His dream was to get to his home For a stickball challenge on the avenue If he could get past the dealer Selling dope In the middle of the hall at the grammar school