Trail of Tears - Eric Johnson

Take me from these earth bound chains

I must find it once again

The meaning of equality

We will never hide in shame

But forever guard the flame

Burning for eternity

Hundreds of nights

Oh, my body cries

A trail of tears

Promises sometimes don’t keep

Freedom, put to sleep, and now I know

(I lay my body down)

Written with the words you tell

Stories, a lesson in life from long ago

Hundreds of nights

Oh, my body cries

A trail of tears

Hold on, hold dear

The time is near

When you’ll know why

The spirit flies

Hundreds of nights

Oh, my body cries

A trail of tears

Children carried on your back

Driven through the wind and cold

How have you become so few

In the end oh, I will see

Your spiritual liberty

Forever to be with you

Hundreds of nights

Oh, my body cries

A trail of tears

The spirit flies

Hundreds of nights

Oh, my body cries

A trail of tears

Hold on, hold dear

The time is near

When you’ll know why

The spirit flies