In the darkest hour, in the dead of night As the storm clouds gather and the lightning strikes And the thunder rolls and the cold rain blow The future it holds, what God only knows
And I will rise up and I will rise up Though I be a dead man, I said, yes and amen And I will stand tall and I will stand tall Until I meet my end, until I meet my end
You should have been on the level Back in nineteen an' four You could have found you a dead man Lord at every turn row
And I will rise up and I will rise up Though I be a dead man, I said, yes and amen And I will stand tall and I will stand tall Until I meet my end, until I meet my end
You should have been on the level Back in nineteen an' ten If they was workin' the women Like they was workin' the men
And I will rise up and I will rise up Though I be a dead man, I said, yes and amen And I will stand tall and I will stand tall Until I meet my end, until I meet my end
Now captain don't do me Like you done poor shack Now you done work that bully Until he been stoned blind
And I will rise up and I will rise up Though I be a dead man, I said, yes and amen And I will stand tall and I will stand tall Until I meet my end, until I meet my end
And now there's some in the kitchen And there's some on the phone And there's some in the graveyard And there's some goin' home
And I will rise up and I will rise up Though I be a dead man, I said, yes and amen And I will stand tall and I will stand tall Until I meet my end
And I will rise up and I will rise up Though I be a dead man, I said, yes and amen And I will stand tall and I will stand tall Until I meet my end
And I will rise up and I will rise up Though I be a dead man, I said, yes and amen And I will stand tall and I will stand tall Until I meet my end
And I will rise up and I will rise up Though I be a dead man, I said, yes and amen And I will stand tall and I will stand tall Until I meet my end
And I will rise up and I will rise up Though I be a dead man, I said, yes and amen And I will stand tall and I will stand tall Until I meet my end, until I meet my end
And I will rise up, I will rise up Though I be a dead man, I said, yes and amen And I will stand tall, I will stand tall Until I meet my end, until I meet my end
Until I meet my end, until I meet my end Until I meet my end, until I meet my end Until I meet my end, until I meet my end Until I meet my end, until I meet my end Until I meet my end, until I meet my end Until I, I meet my end