Well I woke up this morning nAnd I made a resolution, nI said never going to sing another sad song again.nnI decided I'd admit it, nI'm not an intellectual, nThough the words never come easy unless I'm singing them, nAnd the hills that I was born in will never leave me nNo matter how hard I try.nnAnd then my brother was murdered nWhile my father was in prison, nAnd the girl that I sometimes loved up and moved away, nAnd my body filled up with blackness, nAnd the darkness it wanted to drown me, nAnd I heard my father's footsteps catching up to me, nAnd he took me by the shoulders nAnd he said son, my hands are strong, nBut I hope you have the strength to shake us free, nShake us free boy, shake us free my son, you better shake us free.nnAnd now I'm lying in the van,nChicago in the springtime,nAnd the rain outside was falling sounds just like popcorn,nBut before I open my eyes I think I make this resolution, nno I'm never gonna sing another sad song for as long as I livennAnd the light coming through the windows is making everything glownAnd he took me by the shoulders nAnd he said son my hands are strong, nBut I hope you have the strength to shake us free, nShake us free, shake us free, shake us free my son.nI made a resolutionnI made a resolutionnI made a resolutionnI made a resolution