Can you see a king   Suspend all disbelief   Walking through the bad part of town   Can you turn the other cheek      Can you forget that you were chattel   Bones in our closet always rattle   Caught in a steel trap   Memory serves, it's never gonna pass      Old John Brown   Can we keep from goin' down   Old John Brown   Can we keep from goin' down      A zealous one, born too soon   Could he see his city on a hill ruins   Caught in a steel trap   Memory serves, it's never gonna pass      Old John Brown   Can we keep from goin' down   Old John Brown   Can we keep from goin' down      Can you pray   Can you take that walk   From Harper's Ferry to Little Rock      Old John Brown   Can we keep from goin' down   Old John Brown   Can we keep from goin' down