go ahead drive the nails in my hands laugh at me where you stand go ahead and say it isn t me the day will come when you will see cause i ll rise again ain t no power on earth can keep me down yes i ll rise again death can t keep me in the ground go ahead mock my name my love for you is still the same go ahead and bury me but very soon i will be free cause i ll rise again ain t no power on earth can keep me down yes i ll rise again death can t keep me in the ground go ahead and say i m dead and gone but you will see that you were wrong go ahead try to hide the son but all will see that i m the one cause i ll come again ain t no power on earth can keep me back yes i ll come again come to take my people back