When the stranger came to town He didn't mean to cause disconcertment He never really had a chance since Nonconformity Was their reason to break down His well-pleased independence 'cause it didn't quite comply With their own life-understanding
Look, he's sent to the gallows He stands up straight and sings:
Yeah - Bless yourself You'll never take Nor will you make My spirit break
(and) all the people looking blank Not a single soul objecting As the freethinker's head sank while Re-established truth
Did stabilize their peace Suppressing the distracting But evil begets evil - So they can't suppress his tune
He stands up straight and sings -
Yeah - Bless yourself You'll never take Nor will you make My spirit break
People that we are - They are the people that we are - The fuckin' people that we are…
And so he sings: Can't you - Can't you see that my heart's so pure?
Yeah - Bless yourself You'll never take Nor will you make My spirit break
