Seen your footsteps on my trail   If you're not lost, we'll never fail   to wind up back in there      See coal shatter I can't say here   I've worn a shackle now for a year   Now I leave it for another      No more labor in pouring rain   the loving maker is the only thing i speak of   In the godly hour      And the man who learned me made me swear   he took my blood out and didn't care   Oh, yes sir   You know what's best      Just got out, man, paid my fine   And no good reason to call my time   Oh, wait, I took a life      And the jail I speak of is no place   It's in my mind, man, behind my face   this freedom is in my heart   This freedom is in my heart   This freedom is in my heart   ...