turn back o man forswear thy foolish ways old now is earth and none may count her days da da da da da yet thou her child whose head is crowned with flames still wilt not hear thine inner god proclaim turn back o man turn back o man turn back o man forswear thy foolish ways earth might be fair and all men glad and wise age after age their tragic empires rise da da da da da built while they dream and in that dreaming weep would man but wake from out his haunted sleep turn back o man turn back o man turn back o man forswear thy foolish ways earth shall be fair and all her people one not till that hour shall god s whole will be done now even now once more from earth to sky peals forth in joy man s old undaunted cry earth shall be fair and all her people one c mere jesus i got something to show ya forswear thy foolish ways 