The Fourth Man In The Fire

Johnny Cash

R: They wouldn't bend
   They held on to the will of God so we are told
   They wouldn't bow
   They would not bow their knees to Idols made of gold
   They wouldn't burn
   They were protected by the Fourth Man in the fire
   They wouldn't bend
   They wouldn't bow, they wouldn't burn.

1. Now the prophet Daniel tells about
   Three men who walked with God
   Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego
   Before the wicked king they stood
   And the king commanded them bound and thrown
   Into the fiery furnace that day
   But the fire was so hot that the men were slain
   That forced them on their way.

R: They wouldn't bend...

2. Now when the three were cast in and the king rose up
   To witness this awful fate
   He began to tremble at what he saw
   In astonished tones he spake
   Did we not cast three men bound
   Into the midst of the fire
   Well, Lo, I see four men unhurt
   Unbound and walkin' down there;

   There's Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego
   And the fiery coals they trod
   But the form of the Fourth Man that I see
   Is like the Son of God;

R: They wouldn't bend...