Seen your footsteps on my trail If you're not lost, we'll never fail To wind up back in there See coal shatter I can't say here I've worn a shackle now for a year Now I leave it for another No more labor in pouring rain The loving maker is the only thing I speak of In the godly hour And the man who learned me made me swear He took my blood out and didn't care Oh, yes sir You know what's best Just got out, man, paid my fine And no good reason to call my time Oh, wait, I took a life And the jail I speak of is no place It's in my mind, man, behind my face This freedom is in my heart This freedom is in my heart This freedom is in my heart