[Verse 1]
All around this country
Trouble in the air
And I hear the voices calling me
Asking "Do you know and do you care?
Do you know and do you care?"

[Chorus]
So I'm a-gonna do what I have to do
Say what I have to say
And I'm gonna be what I have to be
Now won't you come on along with me?
Won't you come along with me?

[Verse 2]
Don't wanna cause no sorrow
Don't wanna cause no pain
Oh, I'm only gonna cause what I have to cause
Until this land is free of shame
'Til this land is free of shame

[Chorus]
So I'm a-gonna do what I have to do
Say what I have to say
And I'm gonna be what I have to be
Now won't you come on along with me?
Won't you come along with me?
[Verse 3]
Only one thing I know
I know we're not alone
Was a million here before we came
Be a million when we're gone, we're gone
Million when we're gone

[Chorus]
So I'm a-gonna do what I have to do
Say what I have to say
And I'm gonna be what I have to be
Now won't you come on along with me?
Won't you come along with me?

[Verse 4]
Oh, I'm afraid of trouble
Yes, I'm afraid of jail
But I'm more afraid, Lord, not to try
More afraid what happens now if we fail
What happens now if we fail

[Chorus]
So I'm a-gonna do what I have to do
Say what I have to say
And I'm gonna be what I have to be
Now won't you come on along with me?
Won't you come along with me?