Over My Dead Body

Lyrics

After the Nazis we were baited by the Russian bear Our "liberators" wanted Poland for a thoroughfare I was a victim of December 1981 I took a final beating from the blunt end of a Russian gun You plant your missiles while our people wait in line for bread You hang an army tank above us by a bloody thread You bought our government they crawl like bleating sheep to you We know from history that human life is cheap to you Chorus: Over my dead body redemption draweth nigh Over my dead body I hear a battle cry Try and blow out the fire--you're fanning the flames We're gonna rise up from the ashes 'til we're ashes again You make a mockery of all that we hold sacred here You drive us underground in hopes that we will disappear We seek our sanctuary where the altar candle burns Our dignity's a legacy the cross of Jesus reaffirms (chorus) After the Nazis we were baited by the Russian bear Our "liberators" wanted Poland for a thoroughfare Rise up my brothers don't despair the Iron Curtain's rod Someday we'll draw the string assisted by the hand of God I was a victim of December 1981 I took a final beating from the blunt end of a Russian gun You made a memory--the memory will multiply You may kill the body but the spirit--it will never die