Hey Bruce Untie my noose Open up a bottle of Whatever you choose You see the naked truth It's only truth sometimes 'Cause if you're looking for lies That's what you gonna find I gotta free my soul from the troubles of lately Follow my heart wherever it takes me Let it flow on by like a piece of driftwood Just a piece of driftwood (yeah) A piece of driftwood You win some, you lose some And some that you win, you really lose You get some, you give some You trade a little piece of your youth (oh) It's nothing makes me happier than singing the blues Set my big brown hat to my black pointed shoes (I'm thinking about it) I gotta free my soul from the troubles of lately Follow my heart wherever it takes me Let it flow on by like a piece of driftwood Like a piece of driftwood A piece of driftwood Ooh, like a piece of driftwood Ain't no mind to these troubles on the telephone lines The sun still shines, we got board and grind It's time to start baking, got no time to decline The earth awakes you, yes, the simple pleasures of mine Yours if you want them, you got the day Find wealth in the living and you'll never be grave A piece is missing from your puzzle It's the piece that you need It's place of mind you gonna find meditate by the sea Be free with all trees in all the air that you breath (yeah) They can't take away your soul but they can take all your pride Slow ride, gonna sleep in the forest tonight You gonna, you gonna sleep in the forest tonight Are you gonna sleep in the forest? 'Cause I gotta free my soul from the troubles of lately Follow my heart wherever it takes me Let it flow on by like a piece of driftwood Ooh, la-like a piece of driftwood La-la-la-like a piece of driftwood (yeah, oh)