I'll Be Rested
Mavis Staples

[*Instrumental intro with bell:]

I'll be rested when the roll is called*

I'll be rested when the roll is called

I'll be rested when the roll is called


Until justice flows down and righteousness

Like a mighty stream

Keep alive the names

Of those who put their lives out on the front lines

And died just trying to live and breathe


I'll be rested when the roll is called

I'll be rested when the roll is called

I'll be rested when the roll is called


See Medgar Evers

When the roll is called


Andrew Goodman

When the roll is called


James Chaney

When the roll is called


Michael Schwerner and Emmett Till

When the roll is called


I'll be rested when the roll is called

I'll be rested when the roll is called

I'll be rested when the roll is called

I'll be rested when the roll is called


Carole Robertson

When the roll is called


Denise and Cynthia

When the roll is called


Addie Mae Collins

When the roll is called


Herbert Lee, William Brewster, Louie Allen


I'll be rested when the roll is called

Yes I will

I'll be rested when the roll is called

I'll be rested when the roll is called


I'll be rested when the roll is called


See Fred Hampton

When the roll is called


Brother Malcolm

When the roll is called


Robert Kennedy

When the roll is called


Reverend Martin Luther King

When the roll is called


Oh what a time

Oh what a time!

He'll say: 'Servant, servant well done

Come on home and rest your weary, your weary bones'


I'm gonna join the heavenly choir

I'll be rested


Oh! Look here! Sister Mahalia Jackson

Brother Archie Brownlee

Sister Clara Ward

Dr. Thomas A. Dorsey


Reverend Julius Cheeks

And look over there, there goes Dr. Watts

Sister Marion Williams


Oh my, my, my

Oh there he is, Poppa Staples,

And you got your guitar with you


Oh what a time

Singing with a heavenly choir


And we're going to sing, sing hallelujah

And never get tired


Oh, thank you now

We're back together now

[Fades:]


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