Freedom Knows My Name (from the cd Old Bitch Warrior)
Written by Melanie Safka Schekeryk with additional lyrics by Jess Leary
Intro…
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Freedom pulls
my heartstrings
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As I board
another plane
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It's not
leaving I am wanting
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But freedom knows my name
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Friends turn
into strangers
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Strangers can
be cold
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I've been
blessed with angels
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At least I'm not alone
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And they come
to me in a sunrise
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In the words
of some old song
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In the name of all creation
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In a life long out of bounds
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Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh oohooh
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Freedom knows
my name oh yeah ooh ooh ooh ooh
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Freedom knows my name oh yeah ooh ooh ooh ooh
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Freedom, freedom knows my name ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
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Tender roots
grow deep with longing
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To the core of
solid ground
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Mine go left
of center
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And slightly off the ground
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Through the
war torn ages
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Scenes of
freedom's fight
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Drawn on
hidden pages
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Haunt our dreams at night
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Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
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Freedom knows
my name oh yeah ooh ooh ooh
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Freedom knows my name ooh ooh ooh
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Freedom knows my name oh yeah oh yeah ooh ooh ooh
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Freedom knows my name oh yeah ooh ooh ooh
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Freedom, freedom knows my name ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
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To the child
without a promise
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To the
frightened and the tame
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Although it's
just a whisper
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Freedom knows your name
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Freedom knows your name ooh ooh ooh
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Freedom knows my name oh yeah ooh ooh ooh
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Freedom, freedom knows your name oh yeah ooh ooh
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Freedom, freedom knows your name ooh ooh ooh
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Freedom, freedom knows your name ooh ooh ooh
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Freedom knows your name ooh ooh ooh
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Freedom knows your name ooh ooh ooh
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Freedom knows your name ooh ooh ooh
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Freedom knows your name ooh ooh ooh
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Freedom knows your name ooh ooh ooh
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Freedom knows your name ooh ooh ooh
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Freedom knows your name ooh ooh ooh
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Freedom knows your name ooh ooh ooh
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Freedom knows your name
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