There’s a simple path to freedom
Brother, will you go
Will you help your neighbor
in his time of woe
Will you hammer in the morning
until the work is done
Will you be remembered
and loved when you have gone
loved when you have gone

There’s a simple path to freedom
Sister, will you tread
in the steps of Jesus
a carpenter who said
Let the innocent among you
throw the first hard stone
and will you show to others
the kindness you have known
kindness you have known

There’s a simple path to freedom
Will you follow where it leads
to the rivers of blue water
and the prayers of many creeds
Or will you travel false ways
of avarice and hate
where you will find no comfort
in a cold and lonesome fate
cold and lonesome fate

There’s a simple path to freedom
Will you wander there with me
Darkness falls around us
and makes it hard to see
Well, if I should stumble
will you take my hand
and guide me to the border
of a fair and promised land
fair and promised land

I might never be a rich man
nor pay the price of fame
but I’ll shout and sing to glory
the Lord will call my name
I will hold on to my darling
He’s the beating of my heart
We will walk together
never will we part
never will we part