“Freedom”
“Freedom,” at Kulak’s Woodshed, North Hollywood, Monday April 9, 2018. With the house band, minimally rehearsed. Every town ought to have a place like Kulak’s!
Updated Version
Open-hearted, Receptive, and Free! This is an updated (c) 2021, Dave Palley, version with vocals by Dave Palley, guitars by Eugene Williams, piano and organ by Dennis Gurwell, drums by Timothy Jimenez, and bass by Brent Hahn.
Lyrics
Broke ma leg. Retired the horse. Ranching days are through.
Downsizing, urbanizing, trying something new.
Buy and remodel, flyin’ full throttle, ranch for sale:
It’s complicated simplifying but we’re smilin’ down the trail.
Freedom: I’ve got to be free. What I choose to be
Doing I’m choosin’ -- freeeeeeeeeely. (No resentments.)
Freedom When I’m free, I’m open-hearted
Receptive, and I smile eeeeasily.
“Happy wife, happy life.” Mostly true, often fair.
But, people-pleasers, love yourselves, take real good care.
As they say on planes today, “Secure your own mask first” -
When you can’t breathe, your attempts to please, might just make things worse.
Freedom: I’m movin’ free. My travelin’
Companions I’m choosin’ ‘em freeeeeeeeely.
Freedom When I’m free, I’m open-hearted
Receptive, and I smile eeeeasily.
See a snake, double take, fear’s right there to save ya.
But, listen here, don’t let fear enslave ya. (yer bigger than yer fears) In our
Dungeon-brains imagined chains make cowards of the brave
But face our fears, vision clears, free to choose how we behave.
Freedom: I’ve got to be free Listenin’ seein’
What’s out there, and what’s goin’ on inside ‘a me.
Freedom When I’m free, I’m open-hearted
Receptive and I smile in 3-D.
Oh, Freedom ! So good to be free.
Please note: The printed lyrics are for the updated (2021) version of the song and differ from those uof the 2018 live performance.
Permission to perform and/or to record by adding your own vocals, using and attributing the published lyrics (above) and performing musicians (see video credits), is granted to all.