Lyrics:

Please wake me when Im free
I cannot bear captivity
where my culture Im
told holds no significance
Ill wither and die in ignorance
But my inner eye can c a race
who reigned as kings in another place
the green of trees were rich and full
and every man spoke of beautiful
men and women together as equals
War was gone because all was peaceful
But now like a nightmare I wake 2 c
That I live like a prisoner of poverty
Please wake me when Im free
I cannot bear captivity
4 I would rather be stricken blind
than 2 live without expression of mind