David Olney - Barabbas lyrics

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David Olney - Barabbas lyrics

Some work and slave for all of their days And they'll do anything whatever it pays Some of us search and we find other ways Me, I turned to thieving A little bit here and a little bit there Always some danger but i didn't care As long as I felt I was getting my share That's all I ever believed in From the day I was born I understood One way or another I'd wind up no good One night I got caught, always knew that I would The charges were robbery and murder I broke into a house for money and j**els Some old man tried to stop me, poor misguided fool I k**ed him and left him in his own bloody pool I ran but was caught by the soldiers They bound me and beat me and put me on trial It was all cut and dried, it took a short while "Have you anything to say?" I only smiled And said, "Judge, let's get this over." I was led from the courtroom and back to my cell For a man 'bout to die I was taking it well With no hope of heaven and no fear of hell Only silence and darkness forever I awoke from a dream in the middle of the night The door burst open and in streamed the light A man was thrown in more dead than alive On his face I could see the blood glisten I could tell at a glance he'd been beat black and blue He lay their unconscious but then he came to I said, "Tell me, friend, what on earth did you do." He said, "I told them but they wouldn't listen." Told them what?" I asked but he didn't speak again He just lay there quiet in his blood and his pain The morning broke, it was starting to rain The guards come in and they got us Out to the courtyard in the cool morning air A crowd was waiting. Why were they there? Two small-time losers, what did they care? I'd have thought they'd already forgot us The next thing I heard was the governor's own voice He raised up his hands and the mob ceased its noise "According to custom I'm giving you the choice Which of these men should I pardon?" The mob went crazy and cried out my name Shouting, "Give us Barabas!" again and again The governor sighed and said, "My hands are clean." The mob shouted, "Give us Barabas!" But what kind of freedom is this that is mine? To spend all my days in search of a sign To have my life saved and to never know why To owe such a debt to a stranger I will go with the wind to a far distant land I will not cease my wandering til I understand I will tell everyone, every woman and man Of the strange things I have beheld here Of the strange things I have beheld here