Tom Paine's Bones Lyrics

Dance to Tom Paine's Bones
As I dropped out one evening
By a river of discontent
I bumped straight into old Tom Paine
As running down the road he went.
He said I can't talk now son
King George is if after me
And he'll have a rope around my throat
And hang me on the liberty tree

But I'll dance to Tom Paine's bones
Dance to Tom Paine's bones
Dance in the oldest boots I own
To the rhythmn of Tom Paine's bones.

I already talked about freedom
And justice for everyone
But ever since the very first word I spoke
I've been lookin down the barrel of a gun
They say I preached revolution
Let me say in my defence
That all I did wherever I went
Was talk a lot of common sense

Old Tom Paine he ran so fast
He left me standing still
And then I was, a piece of paper in my hands,
Standing at the top of a hill.
It said 'This is the age of reason
These are the rights of Man
No religion, no monarchy
It was all in Tom Paine's plans

Old Tom Paine where does he lie?
No one laughs and no one cries
Where he's gone and how he fares
No one knows and no one cares