Went to Mississippi on a Greyhound bus line
Freedom Freedom Rider
Went into the terminal and everything was fine
Freedom Freedom Rider
Sitting in a waiting room, trying to buy a ticket
Maybe get some coffee too
Police said to me, "Move out and move on"
Freedom Freedom Rider
I just kept a-sitting there, not doin' nothing wrong
Freedom Freedom Rider
I’m a Freedom Rider, he’s a Freedom Rider
You can be a Freedom Rider too.
They took me up to jail in a big black paddy wagon
Freedom Freedom Rider
I sang all the way, my spirit wasn't dragging
Freedom Freedom Rider
We Shall Overcome and We Shall Not Be Moved
And climbing Jacob’s ladder too
Well, I went before the judge and what did he say
Freedom Freedom Rider
You've breached the peace, now in jail you must stay
Freedom Freedom Rider
Pay two hundred dollars because you are no guilty
Stay in jail for four months too
I didn't pay my fine, although I want to be free
Freedom Freedom Rider
They carried me off to the penitentiary
Freedom Freedom Rider
I'll throw you in the hole, I’ll take away your mattress
You damn Yankee agitator, you
Now behind the bars I keep singing this song
Freedom Freedom Rider
Freedom's comin’ and it won't be long
Freedom Freedom Rider
I’m a Freedom Rider, he’s a Freedom Rider
You can be a Freedom Rider too.
Freedom Freedom Rider
Went into the terminal and everything was fine
Freedom Freedom Rider
Sitting in a waiting room, trying to buy a ticket
Maybe get some coffee too
Police said to me, "Move out and move on"
Freedom Freedom Rider
I just kept a-sitting there, not doin' nothing wrong
Freedom Freedom Rider
I’m a Freedom Rider, he’s a Freedom Rider
You can be a Freedom Rider too.
They took me up to jail in a big black paddy wagon
Freedom Freedom Rider
I sang all the way, my spirit wasn't dragging
Freedom Freedom Rider
We Shall Overcome and We Shall Not Be Moved
And climbing Jacob’s ladder too
Well, I went before the judge and what did he say
Freedom Freedom Rider
You've breached the peace, now in jail you must stay
Freedom Freedom Rider
Pay two hundred dollars because you are no guilty
Stay in jail for four months too
I didn't pay my fine, although I want to be free
Freedom Freedom Rider
They carried me off to the penitentiary
Freedom Freedom Rider
I'll throw you in the hole, I’ll take away your mattress
You damn Yankee agitator, you
Now behind the bars I keep singing this song
Freedom Freedom Rider
Freedom's comin’ and it won't be long
Freedom Freedom Rider
I’m a Freedom Rider, he’s a Freedom Rider
You can be a Freedom Rider too.
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