I had it tough when I was just a little kid
It didn't matter what I thought
It didn't matter what I did

I felt the doubt for what I lacked right from the start
It did a number on my head
But it could never touch my heart

Cause I had just enough imagination
Just enough to keep the faith
That somehow I would think of what to do

When I'd get lost in a momentary weakness of emotion
All the angels came around to help me through

Life pulls fast changes
Wind blows past pages
All I see is I don't need this
High-strung tightrope walk
Ticking time-bomb clock
Scratch my name off
Cut these chains

I'm free
Kicking out of that prison
I am free
Singing those words of wisdom
"Let it be"
Nobody's gonna put the blues inside of me

And there were nothing I can do about it

And in the stress
To be the best
I've done it all
I've slammed the doors
I've jammed the locks
I've laid the bricks
I've built the walls

No one could tell me back then why joy eluded me
Kept bumping into that misery
Locked up deep down inside of me

Took that rage
And I turned that page
And I packed my tools
Went back to school
And I passed my graduation
And I hold my PhD
In crash test blues
I paid those dues

I'm free
Kicking out of that prison
I am free
Singing those words of wisdom
"Let it be"
Nobody's gonna put the blues inside of me

Time flies by in photographs
And papers scraps and songs
Here I stand in ruby slippers
Three times takes me home

I'm free
I'm free

I'm free
Kicking out of that prison
I am free
Singing those words of wisdom
"Let it be"
"Let it be"
Nobody's gonna put the blues inside of me

I am free, I am free, I am free, I am free
I am free, I'm free, I'm free

Time flies by in photographs
And papers scraps and songs
Here I stand in ruby slippers
Three times takes me home

I'm free
I'm free
I'm free, free