[Intro]
Aaaaah, ah-aaah, Jah Jah dread
Aaaaah, ah-aaah, Jah Jah dread

[Verse 1]
Dreadful times my friend, and coming again
(Aaaaah, ah-aaah, Jah Jah dread)
We come to tell them what we know
(Aaaaah, ah-aaah, Jah Jah dread)
Words of the soul, tested and told
(Aaaaah, ah-aaah, Jah Jah dread)
Still them don't want to know
(Aaaaah, ah-aaah)

[Chorus]
But I know (But I know)
When they're dead and gone (When they're dead and gone)
Jah will go on (Jah will go on)
Jah will go on (Jah will go on)
But I know (But I know)
When they're dead and gone (When they're dead and gone)
Jah will go on (Jah will go on)
I and I will go on (Jah will go on)

[Verse 2]
Some will put their faith in yesterday
(Aaaaah, ah-aaah, Jah Jah dread)
But other reaches for tomorrow
(Aaaaah, ah-aaah, Jah Jah dread)
But I do not put my faith in man
(Aaaaah, ah-aaah, Jah Jah dread)
For the time is [?] tomorrow, hey!
(aaaaah, ah-aaah)
[Chorus]
I know, I know, I know
When they're dead and gone (When they're dead and gone)
Jah will go on (Jah will go on)
Jah will go on (Jah will go on)
Well I know (But I know)
When they're dead and gone (When they're dead and gone)
Jah will go on (Jah will go on)
I and I will go on (Jah will go on)

[Interlude]
Aaaaah, ah-aaah, Jah Jah dread
Aaaaah, ah-aaah, Jah Jah dread

[Verse 3]
It's like, how could you give just what they want you to?
(Aaaaah, ah-aaah, Jah Jah dread)
Don't you know there's a truth that we've got to hold on to?
(Aaaaah, ah-aaah, Jah Jah dread)
I cannot speak the truth if you cannot hear it
(Aaaaah, ah-aaah, Jah Jah dread)
How can we ever hear the truth if we aren't free to speak it?
(Aaaaah, ah-aaah)

[Chorus]
So I know (But I know)
When they're dead and gone (When they're dead and gone)
Jah will go on (Jah will go on)
Jah will go on (Jah will go on)
Listen here, well I know (But I know)
When they're dead and gone (When they're dead and gone)
Jah will go on (Jah will go on)
I and I will go on (Jah will go on)
Jah will go!