Used to be a pris'ner in a cell
The lonely world aroun' me was my jail
I was chained to loneliness
Locked away from happiness
That's the way it used to be
But now I'm free!
Glory, halleluja, free at last
From the pain and sorrow of the past
One sweet day you came along
Now the chains an' bars are gone
Thank the Lord you found the key
An' set me free
One day you found me
Shackled there behind
Prison walls of loneliness too high for me to climb
An' now I'm free!
One sweet day you came along
Now the chains an' bars are gone
Thank the Lord you found the key
An' set me free, set me free
