Cannot Buy My Soul

For two hundred years, we've beaten down too long on the dole
My dignity I'm losing here, and mentally I'm old
There's a system here that nails us, ain't we left out in the cold?
Oh, they took our life and liberty friend, but they could not buy our soul

Joe Hill died, Che Gevera fought, Pemulwuy lay down dead
If a person speaks out critically here, they can get loaded down with lead
How long can the majority wait for their story to unfold
Oh, they took their life and liberty friend, but they could not buy their soul

Well, the clever man spoke precisely, humanity he said was done
It's creed of greed could not proceed if our struggle's to be won
For humanity's more important here than that constant quest for gold
Oh, you may take life and liberty friend, but you cannot buy our soul

Well, Jesus woke one morning, rode a donkey up through the gate
He could see quite clearly he was going to meet his fate
And the powers that be could see that he could not be bought or sold
Oh, they took his life and liberty friend, but they could not buy his soul
Yeah, they took his life and liberty friend, but they could not buy his soul