Freedom Road

I guess everybody knew the way the sergeant knocked her 'round

But he laid down the law in that dusty cattle town

The front bar just fell silent when she begged him please no more

But no-one interfered when he slapped her to the ground

But a young man watched the sergeant leave and knelt down by her side

And a lost love was re-kindled when she held him in her eyes

And in that unexpected moment two hearts were takin' flight

As down that moonlit highway they spend into the night

Freedom road they're leaving this towen behind

Freedom road there's no turning round this time

There's no way back when two worlds explode

There're somewhere out there on that freedom road

They reached the three ways roadhouse took the Barkley to the east

They'd head across to Queensland get a job out on the reef

Then in the rear view mirror they saw the sergeant close in behind

Their hearts were puonding harder as they neared the border line

Freedom road they're leaving this towen behind

Freedom road there's no turning round this time

There's no way back when two worlds explode

There're somewhere out there on that freedom road

For the first time in her life there was a freedom in the wind

So when they saw the roadblock don't slow down she begged him

They rolled and then burst into flames they didnt stand a chance

In the stillness of that ghostly dawn they reached their promise land

Freedom road they're leaving this towen behind

Freedom road there's no turning round this time

There's no way back when two worlds explode

There're somewhere out there on that freedom road