Take us to the prisoner
 
 Let us gaze into his eyes
 
 To see what kind of man
 
 It takes a nation to despise
 
 Take us to the prisoner
 
 Let us look upon his face
 
 To see why twenty thousand men
 
 Would gladly take his place
 
 Won't someone give a drink to him?
 
 Remove the chains and let him live
 
 Let him live
 
  
  Take us to the prisoner
 
 Let us listen to his voice
 
 To see why worlds of wisdom's
 
 In a cell without a choice
 
 Take us to the prisoner
 
 Torn and bent beneath the chains
 
 We wonder if the world is really
 
 Worthy of his name?
 
 Won't someone give a drink to him?
 
 Remove the chains and let him live
 
 Let him live
  
 
 We know where we're going
 
 For we heard the new winds blowing
 
 And we're got to know for ourselves
 
 It won't help to listen to someone else
  
 
 Take us to the prisoner
 
 With his eyes so full of grace
 
 The priests have lied
 
 And kings have died
 
 Filled with their own disgrace
 
 Won't someone give a drink to him?
 
 Remove the chains and let him live
 
 Let him live
 
 Let him live
 
 Let him live