Lay my body down on Mercy Street   Or deep beneath the darkest seas   Lay my body six feet under down in Old Noarlunga   Right beneath the ghost gum trees      Doesn't matter where   Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah   You won't find me there   Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah      No grave gonna hold my spirit down   Ain't no grave hold my spirit down   Lord knows they'll never keep me in the ground   Ain't no grave hold my spirit down      It's alright mama, now don't be sad   It's alright, don't cry for me   They can lock my flesh and bones up until kingdom come   But my spirit will be free      It doesn't matter where   Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah   You won't find me there   Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah      No grave gonna hold my spirit down   Ain't no grave hold my spirit down   Lord knows they'll never keep me in the ground   Ain't no grave hold my spirit down      It's a dead end search, it's a nowhere thread   Looking for the living down among the dead   No devil in hell, no angel above   Can separate the saints from the love of God      No grave gonna hold my spirit down   Ain't no grave hold my spirit down   Lord knows they'll never keep me in the ground   Ain't no grave hold my spirit down      No grave gonna hold my spirit down   Ain't no grave hold my spirit down   Lord knows they'll never keep me in the ground   Ain't no grave hold my spirit down