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I wrote the words of freedom,
I've even sung the song.
But freedom is for children,
'Cause they don't understand what's wrong.

The children are so very lucky,
'Cause they're not old enough to know.
Not old enough to realize,
But they'll find out as they grow.

The children are so very lucky,
But, on the other hand, who's gonna' save the land?
The children are so very lucky,

I been gettin' lonely, too much these days.
I been gettin' lonely, I guess I better get away.
But where can I go that's real? Life's a stage on a ferris wheel.
And the actors are all fighting just to see who gets the lead in the play.

Oh, no, no.
I gotta' find me a better day.

Talk about down, I feel so lonely.
Talk about down, I'm startin to worry.

Hey, people are you ready to get in the streets,
To be your own police?
Are you ready to start tonight,
To stand up and fight for your rights?

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Woah ... oh, I gotta' know.
I gotta' know.
I gotta' know.
I gotta' know.

Young people would you do the patriotic thing?
Are you ready to stand up and sing,
That you're tired of the war and all that shit?

I remember the night so well.
The rain was fallin' but I just couldn't tell,
If it was you that was callin' to my love-sick brain.
But the rain kept fallin' on my window pane.

Out of the night the thunder rang in my ear.
I can't fight the feelin', Lord, that brings forth my fears.
I wish it was over, Lord, please stop the rain.
The rain that's fallin' on my window pane.

Feelin' kind of down 'cause I needed some female company.
Suddenly I felt this pair of eyes starin' at me.
She got to move me, she got the soul,
Never should have told me she was only fourteen years old.
How was I to know?

She said ...
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Get it up baby, don't you want me to shake that thing?
Get it up baby, drive me crazy, I'll do anything.

Why, oh why, oh why should I care for someone,
Who doesn't care for me?
I played the game I was subject of, it was all in vain 'cause I fell in love with someone,
Who doesn't care for me, for me.
I hate the game and what it costs, to feel the pain for the love I lost to someone,
Who doesn't care for me.

Why should I even care for someone,
Who doesn't really care for me?

The way of life is tough these days, it's hard to get along.
But Jesus came and he talked to me, and that's why I wrote this song.
He told me of my brothers in a far and distant land.
He said that it's gettin' crowded on Earth, and it's time we made some plans.
Time we made some plans.

He said overpopulation is the problem of today.

I been out on the road with my thumb in the air,
I'm a long way from home but I just don't care.
The dust from the road makes it dry in my mouth,
When it's cold up north, that's when I head south.

'Cause I been tryin' to, tryin' to get away, yeah.
Tryin' to, tryin' to get away, yeah.

I passed through New York just the other day,
The smog was bad but not as bad as L.A.

We're having a party, yeah, yeah, everybody's invited,

The new generation along with the old.

If you could get with it just a little more, it don't take much tryin',

You'll find out if you've got some rock & roll soul, baby.

Ain't everybody in the world. So when you know what you got, let everybody know,

You got some rock & roll soul.