Lyrics (#individ) Back to listing Parent individual File On Our Way To Liberty Lyrics On Our Way To Liberty Written by Paul Reisler, Heather Mae, and Ms. Short’s 4 th graders Inspired by “A Ride for Liberty” by Eastman Johnson, 1862 We don ’ t know where we ’ re going But we ’ ll follow the stars Cause there ’ s hope for freedom And a new life We ’ re on our way to liberty In the dark of night We ’ re running from injustice From the shackles and chains We whisper in the dark We follow our hearts We ’ re on our way to liberty In the dark of night We ’ re scared and we ’ re frightened But we know it ’ s worth the risk We can almost taste the freedom Its there upon our lips We ’ ve reached the mountaintop They can ’ t steal us back Cause we ’ re free men now And safe from their trap We ’ re on our way to liberty In the dark of night We ’ re on our way to liberty We ’ re on our way to liberty We ’ re on our way to liberty In the dark of night Do you really want to delete this item? There is no undo for this operation.