After the !#@$s, we were baited by the Russian bear
Our 'liberators' used Poland for a thoroughfare
I was a victim of December 1981

I took a final beating from the blunt end of a Russian gun

You plant your missiles while our people wait in line for bread

You hang an army tank above us by a bloody thread
You bought our government they crawl like bleating sheep to you
We know from history that human life is cheap to you


Over my dead body redemption draweth nigh
Over my dead body I hear a battle cry

Try and blow out the fire -- you're fanning the flame
We're gonna rise up from the ashes 'til we're ashes again


You make a mockery of all that we hold sacred here
You drive us underground in hopes that we will disappear
We see our sanctuary where the altar candle burns

Our dignity's a legacy the cross of Jesus reaffirms

Over my dead body redemption draweth nigh

Over my dead body I hear a battle cry
Try and blow out the fire -- you're fanning the flame
We're gonna rise up from the ashes 'til we're ashes again


After the !#@$s, we were baited by the Russian bear
Our 'liberators' used Poland for a thoroughfare

rise up my brothers don't despair the Iron Curtain's rod
someday we'll draw the string $$#isted by the hand of God


I was a victim of December 1981
I took a final beating from the blunt end of a Russian gun
You made a memory -- the memory will multiply

You may kill the body but the spirit -- it will never die