I'm gonna ask a question, please answer if you can,
If any you people, who tell me,
What is the soul of a man, what is a soul of a man?

Want somebody tell me, answer if you can,
Want somebody tell me, what is the soul of a man, what is the soul of a man?

I've travelled different countries, I've travelled foreign lands,
I've found nobody could tell me, what is the soul of a man, what is the soul of a man.

I saw a crowd stand talking, I just came up in time,
The teachers and the doctors and the lawyers say a man ain't nothing but his mind, a man ain't nothing but his mind.

Want somebody tell me, answer if you can,
Want somebody tell me, what is the soul of a man, what is the soul of a man?

I read the bible often, I tried to read it right,
As far as I can understand, it ain't nothing but a burning light, it ain't nothing but a burning light.

Well Christ stood in the temple, the people stood amazed,
He was showing the doctors and the lawyers, how to raise a body from the grave, how to raise a body from the grave.

Want somebody tell me, answer if you can,
Want somebody tell me, what is the soul of a man, what is the soul of a man?