[Intro]

I won't let you down

I will not give you up

Gotta have some faith in the sound

It's the one good thing that I've got

I won't let you down

So please don't give me up

'Cause I would really, really love to stick around

Oh yeah

[Verse 1]

Heaven knows I was just a young boy

Didn't know what I wanted to be (didn't know what I wanted to be)

I was every little hungry schoolgirl's pride and joy

And I guess it was enough for me (I said I guess it was enough for me)

To win the race, a prettier face

Brand new clothes and a big fat place

On your rock and roll TV (rock and roll TV)

But today the way I play the game is not the same, no way

Think I'm gonna get myself happy

[Pre-Chorus]

I think there's something you should know

I think it's time I told you so

There's something deep inside of me

There's someone else I've got to be

Take back your picture in a frame

Take back your singing in the rain

I just hope you understand

Sometimes the clothes do not make the man

[Chorus]

All we have to do now

Is take these lies and make them true somehow

All we have to see

Is that I don't belong to you

And you don't belong to me (Yeah, Yeah!)

Freedom!

I won't let you down (Freedom!)

I will not give you up (Freedom!)

Gotta have some faith in the sound)

(You got to give what you take) (it's the one good thing that I've got, (Freedom!)

I won't let you down (Freedom!)

So please don't give me up (Freedom!)

'Cause I would really, really love to stick around (You got to give what you take)

[Verse 2]

Heaven knows we sure had some fun, boy

What a kick, just a buddy and me

(What a kick, just a buddy and me)

We had every big-shot goodtime band on the run, boy

We were living in a fantasy

We won the race, got out of the place

Went back home, got a brand new face for the boys on MTV

But today the way I play the game has got to change oh yeah (Oh, yeah)

Now I'm gonna get myself happy

[Pre-Chorus]

I think there's something you should know

I think it's time I stopped the show

There's something deep inside of me

There's someone I forgot to be

Take back your picture in a frame

Don’t think that I’ll be back again

I just hope you understand

Sometimes the clothes do not make the man

[Chorus]

All we have to do now

Is take these lies and make them true somehow

All we have to see

Is that I don't belong to you

And you don't belong to me (Yeah, Yeah!)

Freedom

I won't let you down (Freedom!)

I will not give you up, (Freedom!)

Gotta have some faith in the sound

(You got to give what you take)

It's the one good thing that I've got (Freedom!)

I won't let you down (Freedom!)

So please don't give me up (Freedom!)

'Cause I would really, really love to stick around (You got to give what you take)

[Bridge]

Well, it looks like the road to heaven

But it feels like the road to hell

When I knew which side my bread was buttered

I took the knife as well

Posing for another picture

Everybody's got to sell

But when you shake your ass

They notice fast

And some mistakes were built to last

That's what you get, that's what you get, that's what you get

I say that's what you get

I say that's what you get

That's what you get for changing your mind

And after all this time

I just hope you understand

Sometimes the clothes do not make the man

[Chorus]

All we have to do now (Oh, yeah)

Is take these lies and make them true somehow

All we have to see

Is that I don't belong to you

And you don't belong to me (Yeah, Yeah!)

Freedom! (Oh!)

Freedom!

(My) Freedom!

You got to give what you take!

Freedom!

I'll hold on to my (Freedom!)

My (Freedom!)

You got to give what you take! (You got to give what, to give what, to give what you take!)

[Outro]

Yeah!

You got to give what, to give what, to give

May not be what you want from me

Just the way it's got to be

Lose the face now

I've got to live