I Shall Be Free

I don't wanna go to prison

I don't wanna be in jail

I don't want no badge and buckle

Bringin' me my meals and mail

I don't want to count the hours

When they ain't worth countin' for

I don't like to walk on a carpet

But I hate a concrete floor

So I'm trying to behave myself

I'm trying to act right

And I'm neighborly with my neighbor

And I say my prayers at night

But the thing that really matters is that you will care for me

And I just want you to know that if you do

I shall be free

I shall be free

I shall be free

I shall be free

I shall be free

If you ever do want me

I shall be free

I don't want to be a traveler

I don't want a suit and tie

I don't want to eat my supper seven miles up in the sky

I don't wanna be a chairman

I don't want a cellular phone

I don't want no gold in Switzerland

You are my precious stone

I'll be setting on dead ready at the sligthest nod from you

Want no kind of obligation

But one thing I have to do

I will sleep out in your yard

So you will know where I will be

If you peek out your window and see me

I shall be free

I shall be free

I shall be free

I shall be free

I shall be free

If you ever do want me

I shall be free

I would give up my guitar

Give away my fancy clothes

I would cancel my engagments

I would cut out all the shows

I'd tear up my driver's license

I would burn up my roadmap

I would sit down by the phone

With your picture on my lap

I would sit out my by the mail box

Waitin' for the morning mail

I'd be like an anxious puppy

Who just sits and wags his tail

You won't ever catch me sleeping

Honey, that I guarantee

If you ever do want me

I shall be free

I shall be free

I shall be free

I shall be free

I shall be free

If you ever do want me

I shall be free

And just give me half a chance

And I will give the world to you

I would be and do most anything you want me to

I will love you and protect you and provide bountifully

I'll give you tomorrow if you give yourself to me

And whenever that may be

I shall be free

I shall be free

I shall be free

I shall be free

I shall be free

If you ever do want me

I shall be free