Old pirates, yes, they rob I 
 Sold I to the merchant ships 
 Minutes after they took I 
 From the bottomless pit 
 But my hand was made strong 
 By the hand of the almighty 
 We forward in this generation 
 Triumphantly 
    Won't you help to sing 
 These songs of freedom? 
 'Cause all I ever had 
 Redemption songs 
 Redemption songs   
 Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery 
 None but ourselves can free our minds 
 Have no fear for atomic energy 
 'Cause none of them can stop the time 
 How long shall they kill our prophets 
 While we stand aside and look? 
 Some say it's just a part of it 
 We've got to fulfill the book   
 Won't you help to sing 
 These songs of freedom? 
 'Cause all I ever had 
 Redemption songs 
 Redemption songs 
 Redemption songs   
 Oh-oh, oh-oh 
 Mm-hmm, mm-hmm 
 Yeah   
 Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery 
 None but ourselves can free our mind 
 Have no fear for atomic energy 
 'Cause none of them can stop the time 
 How long shall they kill our prophets 
 While we stand aside and look? 
 Some say it's just a part of it 
 We've got to fulfill the book   
 Won't you help to sing 
 These songs of freedom? 
 'Cause all I ever had 
 Redemption songs 
 'Cause all I ever had 
 Redemption songs 
 These songs of freedom 
 These songs of freedom