Set The Prisoners Free

Set The Prisoners Free (Song w/Video) Written, Produced and Performed by Sandy Simpson Album: Back Over the Waves, 1994 Originally written as a theme song for Prison Ministries Set The Prisoners Free (c) 1994 Sandy Simpson (Chorus:) Jesus came to set the prisoners free Make the darkness into light Heal the sick and feed the hungry Frustrate the wicked plans of men that haunt the night Sustain the fatherless, bind the brokenhearted Give release to those oppressed And give new life to raise the dead and long departed (1) Until you’ve been a prisoner it’s hard to know what freedom means With a heart locked away in hurt and memories held so tight by chains (2) Until you’ve been an orphan without a father’s caring love You’ll long to know what comfort means sent from the Father from above Until you’ve been in darkness you can’t really appreciate light Desperately looking for some way out of the cold and endless night (3) Until you’ve starved in the desert of spiritual and physical need You don’t know how sweet manna is From the hand of Jesus when you’re freed Until you’ve been so close to death with a sickness of body and soul You’ll only know what healing is when the Savior makes you whole (Bridge:) Until you’ve been so long oppressed that you think all hope is gone You never know true release till He gives you a new song Until your heart’s been broken and all the sadness rushes in You’ll search for love until you find the peace that Jesus gives within