"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       "Clap your hands"      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       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!       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       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       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       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       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!       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       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       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...       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       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!