Don't drag me down when you fall

Don't you know it's a privilege

You've got so much, got it all

Still you're counting your riches



And I could be ten years old

With a hole in my belly

No shoes on my soul



Chorus:

But I am here

Take my car, take my girl

I'm the richest man in the world

Steal my gold, take my pearls

I'm the richest man in the world



All that I am, I lay down

In a mess of confusion

This simple song it's a simple sound

But just gifts that I'm using



And I could be ten years old

With a hole in my belly

No shoes on my soul



Chorus



And all you say don't mean a thing

(could I give it all away)

You'll show your colors when you bleed

(could I give it all away)

You say let it go but I don't know . . .

Maybe . . . give it all away, give it all away



Chorus



And I gotta be free

Don't wanna be chained to this

But it's chained to me,

I gotta be free from the chains that bind me