Long as I care to recall 

The dank little loung room in the Roosevelt hotel 

My idea of a holiday 

Every once in a while 

A little old light shines through my tunnel 

So I follow it like a moth flies to the flame. 



And just when I think I got my world by the balls 

I find I'm dancin' in the light again 

Dancing in the light 

Of a speeding freight train 

Singing it's hard 

Living in the free world 

Getting saved by the bell 

People find my company 

To be strange as hell 



Looking back on aspirations and dreams 

My father he had in mind for me 

Moon lights the tracks and broken glass as I recall 

Those plans I left so far behind 

And I know it's better off he never saw me this way 

He always told me donÕt let the devil have his due 

And I know my father would turn over in his grave 



To see me hog tied to the chain 

Or dancing in the light 

Of a speeding freight train 



Singing it's hard 

Living in the free world 

Getting saved by the bell 

People find my company 

To be strange as hell 



And its only getting harder in this free world 

With all this strugglin g and strain 

People find my sweet peace of mind 

In the pouring rain 



As the storm moves in ain't no friends to be found 

So I sit Ôneath this dream and bridge for a while 

And it seems that my mind is in pieces on the ground 



Singing it's hard 

Living in the free world 

Getting saved by the bell 

Mostly find my jesus 

In the pouring rain 

I'm living in the free world