My mama told me, she told me so So I won't go, no I won't go My mama told me, she told me so So I won't go, no I won't go And by the river unto the sea Yes, I am sinking, oh I am sinking And by the river unto the sea Yes, I am free, oh I am free And the farmer said, pray for the rain So all night long we danced a say And those farmers said, pray for the rain So all night long we danced the say And by the river unto the sea Yes, I am sinking, oh I am sinking And by the river unto the sea Yes, I am free, oh I am free And those prisoners in rusted bars Said take your freedom back Said take your freedom back And those prisoners in shiny cars Said take your freedom back Said take your freedom back And by the river unto the sea Yes, I am sinking, oh I am sinking And by the river unto the sea Yes, I am free, oh I am free And the man I met out on the streets He said there's always hope He said there's always hope And the man I met in New York City He said there's always hope He said there's always hope And by the river unto the sea Yes, I am sinking, oh I am sinking And by the river unto the sea Yes, I am free, oh I am free And that freedom man came in a dream He said give up yourself He said give up yourself And that freedom man came in a dream He said give up yourself He said give up yourself And by the river unto the sea Yes, I am sinking, oh I am sinking Over the tree tops, over the chain Yes, I give up myself, oh I give up myself Yes, I give up myself, oh I give up myself Yes, I am free, oh I am