The So-Called Free

[Verse 1]

I went to Long Island

To look at a diamond ring

It sparkled so brightly in the window

But to me it didn't mean a thing

Both of us are sailors

And our words were noise on wing

Some lovers would buy it

And call it the wedding ring

[Chorus]

And you recognized the danger

That you saw inside of me

So we both took a different road home

And said "Hello" and "Goodbye"

To the land of the so-called free

[Verse 2]

Now you got some change

Janglin' round in your purse

You used to call me a mean ol' daddy

But what made me mad was worse

You were just as crazy

Just as crazy as me

Two monsters laid out naked don't makе no family

[Chorus]

And we both saw the danger

Likе the skin that crossed our skinned up knees

We were both worthless as money

In the land of the so-called free

[Verse 3]

Relative  of mine

Took a gun to his head

Life just is too boring

Is what his little note said

A permanent solution

To a temporary thought

No heroes nowhere

No dreams could be caught

[Chorus]

You recognize the danger

So no happiness, please

He was just getting even some

In the land of the so-called free

[Verse 4]

There's a song you can sing

When you're feeling down

Has a sweet little melody

Take away a frown

It's sort of repetitious

Says something about bein' free

Seems to make sense to a lot of people

But it makes no sense to me

[Chorus]

I recognize the danger

Of all these false prophesies

Just leanin' on a cane in the corner

In the land of the so-called free

In the land of the so-called free