Free World

I've been stemmin' for change and singing in these streets now

Long as I care to recall

The dank little loung room in the Roosevelt hotel

My idea of a holiday

Every once in a while

A little old light shines through my tunnel

So I follow it like a moth flies to the flame.

And just when I think I got my world by the balls

I find I'm dancin' in the light again

Dancing in the light

Of a speeding freight train

Singing it's hard

Living in the free world

Getting saved by the bell

People find my company

To be strange as hell

Looking back on aspirations and dreams

My father he had in mind for me

Moon lights the tracks and broken glass as I recall

Those plans I left so far behind

And I know it's better off he never saw me this way

He always told me donÃ?t let the devil have his due

And I know my father would turn over in his grave

To see me hog tied to the chain

Or dancing in the light

Of a speeding freight train

Singing it's hard

Living in the free world

Getting saved by the bell

People find my company

To be strange as hell

And its only getting harder in this free world

With all this strugglin g and strain

People find my sweet peace of mind

In the pouring rain

As the storm moves in ain't no friends to be found

So I sit Ã?neath this dream and bridge for a while

And it seems that my mind is in pieces on the ground

Singing it's hard

Living in the free world

Getting saved by the bell

Mostly find my Jesus

In the pouring rain

I'm living in the free world