Free like the river Flowing freely through infinity Free to be sure of What I am and who I need not be Free from all worries Worries prey on oneself's troubled mind Freer than the clock's hands Tickin' way the times Freer than the meaning of free that

'Cause I feel like I’m always dreaming All night, no sleep Wide awake, that’s okay, as long as I’m with you I’ll be up all night, no sleep 'Cause I've been up all night Sometimes I tend to lose myself when I’m out here on my own And I never seem to get

It’s times like these you learn to live again It’s times like these you give and give again It’s times like these you learn to love again It’s times like these time and time again I am a one way motorway I’m the one that drives away Then follows you back

(Ya know, ya know, ya know) Ya know, ya know, ya know Don't you feel the same way? It starts out like a murmur Then it grows like thunder Until it bursts inside of you Try to hold it steady Wait until you're ready Any second now will do

Take me back to my southern ways Where I can be myself and live another day Where the tall pines blow and the southern winds kiss my face When I was 15 I dreamed of leaving my home I had to see the world And live like a rolling stone I heard California

Life pulled on like a limo under the highway after the prom Time ran down like a scoreboard on the last Hail Mary bomb My heart's still stuck at a stop light With you sittin' there next to me And the red light won't turn green Yeah, it won't turn green,

I said close your mouth and eat You make some paper, than you make your own rules Poor fool, streets don't love you like I do They call me Tity Boi 'cause she used to spoil me She always told me (My momma always said aye, damn) I'm from the hood, it's

Way, way back Like it wasn't all that way, way back Find that no-name road Cross those boxcar tracks Where we used to go And lay it way, way, back Let the moonshine through Kissing you like yesterday Every little scratch on that CD

Nobody ever told you You shine like a diamond And you need to know What nobody ever told you Glitter like a gold Wish you could see yourself the way I do Take off all the makeup girl Shine your light, show the world Don’t be shy, don’t be scared

Moving right along to the next big city Highway vagabonds, living like hippies Okay, jump off the exit Truck stop, rest stop, next stop Texas Caravan like a wild west show I don't care, man, as long as we go Get off one and get on the other Highway,