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 He made the bells of freedom ring today With a dream of beauty, that they cannot take away Just another holy man, who dared to make a stand My God, they killed him The only son of the 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 There was a man named Mahatma Gandhi A man named Martin Luther King The only son of the 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 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 There was a man named Mahatma Gandhi A man named Martin Luther King