Well I walked in the pouring rain And I heard the voice that cries it's all in vain The face of doom was shining in my room I just need one day somewhere far away Lord I just need one day
Well I'll be breaking these rocks And cuttin' this hay Yes I'll be breaking these rocks It's my price to pay
The river's so muddy but it may come clear And I know too well what's keeping me here I'm just the slave of a burning ray Give me the night I can't take another sight Please give me the night
Well I'll be breaking these rocks until the Kingdom comes And cuttin' this hay until the Kingdom comes Yes I'll be breaking these rocks until the Kingdom comes It's my price to pay until the Kingdom comes
The sun keeps beating down the wall's a mile high Up in the towers they're watching me hoping I'm gonna die
But they’ll open these cells when the Kingdom comes I won’t be breaking no rocks when the Kingdom comes Yes they’ll open these cells when the Kingdom comes I won’t hear their talk when the Kingdom comes I’m going up for pardon when the Kingdom comes Well pardon me when the Kingdom comes
I won't be breaking no rocks I won't be breaking no rocks I won't be breaking no rocks When the Kingdom comes