The John Brown Project - John Brown's Body (2022 Mix)

John Brown was determined, undaunted, true, and brave
And Kansas knows his valor when he fought her rights to save
Now even though the grass grows long and green above his grave
His truth is marching on

Glory, Glory, Hallelujah
Glory, Glory, Hallelujah
Glory, Glory, Hallelujah
His truth is marching on

John Brown's body lies moldering in the grave
While wept the hope of liberty, he ventured off to save
But tho he lost his life while struggling for the day
His truth is marching on

Glory, Glory, Hallelujah
Glory, Glory, Hallelujah
Glory, Glory, Hallelujah
His truth is marching on

John Brown's sunset; dawn of liberty
Winds of social justice blow from sea to shining sea
Wind becomes a hurricane all people will walk free
His truth is marching on

Glory, Glory, Hallelujah
Glory, Glory, Hallelujah
Glory, Glory, Hallelujah
His truth is marching on

He captured Harper's Ferry, with his nineteen men so few
And frightened "Old Virginny" till she trembled thru and thru
They hung him for a traitor, themselves the traitor crew
But his truth is marching on

Glory, Glory, Hallelujah
Glory, Glory, Hallelujah
Glory, Glory, Hallelujah
His truth is marching on

The movement that he started
He looks down upon to view
"Black Lives Matter" is resoundly ringing true
And heaven rings with anthems of equality and truth
The truth is marching on

Lift every voice and sing
Till earth and heaven ring
Ring with the harmonies of Liberty
Let our rejoicing rise
High as the listening skies
Let it resound loud as the rolling sea

Glory, Glory, Hallelujah
Glory, Glory, Hallelujah
Glory, Glory, Hallelujah
His truth is marching on

His truth is marching on

You champions of Freedom, go strike for truth today
Serve the death blow to oppression in this present time and place
For the dawn of old John Brown has brightened into day
And his soul is marching on

Glory, Glory, Hallelujah
His truth is marching on
His truth is marching on

John Brown's Body
John Brown's Body
John Brown's Body
His truth keeps marching on

For truth and justice, we sing this song
If you believe, you can sing along
It's oppression, it's despair
Its John Brown that we want to share
His sacrifices were not in vain
And his legacy, it will remain

John Brown was the definition
Of proper living
Stuck to the mission of
Freein' slaves from the opposition

Following dreams that would seem
Off into the distance
Hoppin over the obstacles
Keeping people diminished

He was more than a man
Who had made personal sacrifice
Legacy of justice that
Followed him to the afterlife

Morally compelled to do better
Felt that he had to fight
Hungry for a better future
Change was his appetite

We the people of a nation
Repeat the mistakes
We try to push each other down
Until the ground breaks

But John Brown was pullin' people up
He was tough, went against the norm
Regardless of what his people judged
Staring in the eyes of another race

And his truth keeps marching on

Written by:
Daniel Morrison, Jacque Williams, Peter Pobuda

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