Lay my body down on Mercy Street 
Or deep beneath the darkest seas 
Lay my body six feet under down in Old 
Noarlunga 
Right beneath the ghost gum trees 

Doesn’t matter where 
You won’t find me there 

No grave 
Gonna hold my spirit down 
Ain’t no grave 
Hold my spirit down 
Lord knows they’ll never keep me in the ground 
Ain’t no grave 
Hold my spirit down 

It’s alright mama, now don’t be sad 
It’s alright, don’t cry for me 
They can lock my flesh and bones up until kingdom come 
But my spirit will be free 

It doesn’t matter where 
You won’t find me there 
It’s a dead end search 
It’s a nowhere thread 
Looking for the living down among the dead 
No devil in hell 
No angel above 
Can separate the saints from the love of God