People always tell me their life story Love they´ve lost, their taste of glory He sat next to me at the counter in the diner Said I used to be Wall Street but this is much finer
Oh yeah
He had a leather look on a steel horse Harley And a dark-eyed girlfriend he called Charlie He looked a little lost walkin´ out the door But I think I knew what he was lookin´ for Freedom, sweet freedom
I gassed ´er up, climbed back in my cab To my wife I´m a husband, to my kids I´m a dad To the credit card companies I´m just another sucker To the IRS, a long-haul trucker Mmmm yeah
Some say that freedom´s the power to do what one pleases You can live like the devil or hold on to Jesus
I found the one thing I was born to do And girl that´s why I´m runnin´ back to you Freedom, sweet freedom
He climbed up in my truck with his green duffel bag I knew he was a soldier ´cause I saw his dog tags We talked about it, we cried about it
Then a steel horse Harley came roarin´ on past I knew it was Charlie hangin´ on real fast We talked about it, we laughed about it
Through the joy and pain that living brings Don´t we all want the same thing Freedom, sweet freedom
It´s what the junkie needs that the needle can´t give
The oppressed and forgotten are praying for it It´s what the brave and courageous are fightin´ for An open sail on a distant shore Freedom