They Killed Him

There was a man

Named Mahatma Gandhi

He would not bow down

He would not fight

He knew the deal

Was a-down and dirty

And nothing wrong

Could make it right away

But he knew his duty

And the price he had to pay

Just another holy man

Who dared to be a friend

My God, they killed him

Another man

From Atlanta, Georgia

Name of Martin Luther King

He shook the land

Like a rolling thunder

And made the bells

Of freedom ring today

With a dream of beauty

That they could not take away

Just another holy man

Who dared to make a stand

My God, they killed him

The only

Son of God Almighty

The holy one

Called Jesus Christ

He healed the sick

And he fed the hungry

And for his love

They took his life away

On the road to glory

Where the story never ends

Just the holy Son of Man

I'll never understand

My God

They killed him

There was a man

Named Mahatma Gandhi

A man

Named Martin Luther King

The only

Son of God Almighty

The holy one

Called Jesus Christ

On the road to glory

Where the story never ends

Just the holy Son of Man

I'll never understand

My God, they killed him

My God, they killed him

My God, they killed him