You got my pridehanging outta my bedYou're messin' with my lifeSo I bought my lead ...You even mess with my childrenAnd you're screamin' at my wife, babyGet offa my back,if you wanna get outta here alive Freedom, give it to meThat's what I want nowFreedom, that's what I need nowFreedom to liveFreedom, so I can give You got my heartspeak electric waterYou got my soulscreamin' and howlin'You know you hook my girlfriendYou know the drugstore manBut I don't need it nowI was trying to slap it out of her hand Freedom, so I can giveFreedom, yeahFreedom, that's what I need You don't have to say that you love meif you don't mean itYou'd better believeIf you need meor you just wanna bleed meyou'd better stickin' your dagger in someone elseSo I can leaveSet me free (Yeah) Right on, straight aheadStay up and straight aheadFreedom

DriftingOn a sea of forgotten teardropsOn a lifeboatSailing forYour love Sailing home DriftingOn a sea of old heartbreaksOn a lifeboatSailing forYour loveSailing home

There goes EzyEzy RyderRidin' down the highway of desireHe says the free windtakes him higherTryin' to find his heaven abovebut he's dyin' to be loved, dyin' to be loved He's tellin' me livin'is so magicSomething is foreverso he claimsHe's talkin' 'bout lyin'it's so tragic babyBut don't you worry 'bout todaywe got freedom comin' our way, freedom comin' our way How longdo youthink he is gonna lastcarryin' on outta gas See all the others say"do what you please"Gotta get the brothers togetherand the right to be freeIn a cloud of angel dustI think I see me a freakHey motorcycle mamayou gonna marry me? Bridge: I'll be stone crazylove comin' in at youStone crazy baby There goes EzyEzy RyderRidin' down the highway of desireHe says the free windtakes him higherTryin' to find his heaven abovebut he's dyin' to be loved, dyin' to be loved

She's just a nigh bird flyin' through the nightFly onShe's just a night bird making a midnight, midnight flightSail on, sail onWell, she's flyin' down to meBut, 'til tomorrow got to set her freeSet her free So all we got, baby, is one precious nightAll we got is one precious nightThrow your blues and shoes and thingsAnd lay it down under the bedJust wrap me up in your beautiful wings,Better hear what I say, yeahOh, carry me homePlease take me through your dreamsInside your world I want to be Until tomorrow no tears will be shedHold on 'til the sun gets out of bedHold on, hold on, babyFly on

Hey, look out for my glass up there, man!That's my drink, man, that's my drink, alright...Make it a double, or eh...Somebody has to singSome body will sing?Somebody will sing, right? Y'all pass me that bottle,And I'll sing you all a real songYeah!Let me get my key, ahum! Well, I'm looking through Harlemmy stomach squeal just a little moreA stagecouch full of feathers and footprints,pulls up to soap-box doorNow a lady with a pearl-handled necktieTied to the driver's fencebreathes in my face,bourbon and coke possessed wordsHaven't I seen you somewhere in hell,or was it just an accident?"(You know how I felt then, and so) Before I could ask "was it the East or West side?"my feet they howled in painThe wheels of a bandwagon cut very deep,but not as deep in my mind as the rainAnd as they pulled away I could see her wordsStagger and fall on my muddy tentWell I picked them up, brushed them off,to see what they say,and you wouldn't believe:'Come around to my room, with the tooth in the middle,and bring along the bottle and a president' And eh sometimes it's not so easy, babyEspecially when your only friend,talks, sees, looks and feels like you,and you do just the same as him(Gets very lonely up this road, baby)(Yeah, hmmm, yeah)(Got more to say!) Well I'm riding through LA,on a bicycle built for foolsAnd I seen one of my old buddiesAnd he say, "you don't look the way you usually do"I say, "well, some people look like a coin-box"He say, "look like you ain't got no coins to spare"And I laid back and I thought to myself, and I said this:I just picked up my pride from underneath the pay phone,and combed this breath right out of my hairAnd sometimes it's not so easyEspecially when your only friendtalk, sees, looks and feels like you,and you do just the same as him just got out of a Scandinavian jail,and I'm on my way straight home to youBut I feel so dizzy I take a quick look in the mirror,to make sure my friend's here with me tooAnd you know good well I don't drink coffee,so you fill my cup full of sandAnd the frozen tea leaves on the bottomSharing lipstick around the broken edgeAnd my coat that you let your dog lay by the fire onAnd your cat he attacked me from his pill-box ledgeAnd I thought you were my friend tooMan, my shadow comes in line before youI'm finding out that it's not so easySpecially when your only friendTalks, looks, sees and feels like you,and you do the same just like him (Lord it's so lonely here, hmmm, yeah)Yeah!(Pass me that bottle over there...)Yeah, yeah, okay...

Hello, my friendSo happy to see you againI was so aloneAll by myselfI just couldn't make it Have you heard, babyWhat the winds blowing roundHave you heard, babyA whole lot of peoples coming right on down Communication, yeahIs coming on strongAnd don't give a damn, babyIf your hair is short or long, huh I said, get out of your grave (noo)Everybody is dancing in the street, hi!Do what you know, don't be slowYou gotta practice what you preach'Cause it's time for you and meCome to face reality (it sounds like he says "fake reality") Forget about the past, babyThings ain't what they used to beKeep on Straight AheadKeep on Straight Ahead Straight Ahead, babyStraight Ahead, baby We got to stand side by sideWe got to stand together and organizeThey say power to the people,That's what they're screamin'Freedom of the soulPass it on, pass it on to the young and old You got to tell the children the truthThey don't need a whole lot of liesBecause one of these days, babyThey'll be running thingsSo when you give them loveYou better give it rightWoman and child and man and wifeThe best love to have is the Love Of LifePass it on baby Pushing on Straight AheadStraight Ahead, baby Hello my friendIt's so good to see you againSay now I've been all by my selfI don't think I can make it aloneI gotta keep on pushing ahead Hi!!!I can make it alone I gotta keep on pushing ahead

Here I come to save the day A little boy inside a dream just the other dayHis mind fell out of his face and the wind blew it awayA hand came out from heaven and pinned a badge on his chestIt said "Get out there, man, and do your best" ooh They call him Astro ManAnd he's flyin' higher thanThat faggot Superman ever could Oh, they call him Cosmic NutAnd he's twice as dense as Donald DuckAnd he'll try his best to screw you upThe rest of your mindOh, regard my baby, come on! Astro Man, flyin' across the sky two times higherthan that old faggot Superman ever, ever couldEver could, yeahHa There he goes, there he goesWhere he stops, no one knowsThere he goes, there he goes, yaHe's tryin' to, tryin' to blow out the rest of your mindHe's gonna blow out the rest of your mindTalkin' about lookin' for peace of mindAstro Man will leave it in piecesHave you put our trouble behind him, yeahMake you fly around in piecesYeah, blow out the rest of your mindAstro Man will blow out the rest of your mindHe's gonna blow out the rest of your mindhoo-hoo, ye-ye-ye-yeah, blow out the rest, blow out the rest of your mind

Angel came down from heaven yesterdayShe stayed with me just long enough to rescue meAnd she told me a story yesterday,About the sweet love between the moon and the deep blue seaAnd then she spread her wings high over meShe said she's gonna come back tomorrow And I said, "Fly on my sweet angel,Fly on through the sky,Fly on my sweet angel,Tomorrow I'm gonna be by your side" Sure enough this morning came unto meSilver wings silhouetted against the child's sunriseAnd my angel she said unto me,"Today is the day for you to riseTake my hand, you're gonna be my man,You're gonna rise"And then she took me high over yonder And I said, "Fly on my sweet angel,Fly on through the sky,Fly on my sweet angel,Forever I will be by your side"

Well I, I just came back todayI just came back from the stormYeah!I said: I just came back, babyI just came back from the stormYeah, from the stormWell, I didn't know it thenBut I was sufferin', sufferin' For my love to keep me warmIt was so cold and lonely, yeahThe wind 'n' cryin' blue rain Were tearing me upIt was so cold and lonelyThe crying blue rain was tearing me upOh, tearing me up. (tearing me up)I wanna thank you my sweet darlingFor digging in the mud and picking me up(Thank you baby)Thank you so much!(Thank you baby)(Thank you baby)(Thank you baby) It was a crying blue rain burning my eyesThe wind and lightning struck by a surpriseIt was you my love who brought me inI love you so muchI'll never stray from you againHey! I just came back babyI just came back to get my baby on her wayYeah, yeah

Well. I'm up here in this wombI'm looking all aroundWell, I'm looking out my belly button windowAnd I see a whole lot of frownsAnd I'm wondering if they don't want me around What seems to be the fuzz out there?Just what seems to be the hang?'Cause you know if ya just don't want me this time around,yeah I'll be glad to go back to Spirit LandAnd even take a longer rest,before I'm coming down the chute againMan, I sure remember the last time, babyThey were still hawkin' about me thenSo if you don't want me now,Make up your mind, where or whenIf you don't want me now,Give or take, you only got two hundred days'Cause I ain't coming down this way too much more again You know they got pills for ills and thrills and even spillsBut I think you're just a little too lateSo I'm coming down into this world, daddyRegardless of love and hateAnd I'm gonna sit up in your bed, mamaAnd just a grin right in your faceAnd then I'm gonna eat up all your chocolates,and say "I hope I'm not too late" So if there's any questions,make up your mind'Cause you better give or takeQuestions in your mindGive it a take,you only got two hundered days Way up into this womblooking all aroundSure's dark in hereAnd I'm looking out my belly button windowAnd I swear I see nothing but a lot of frownsAnd I'm wondering if they want me around