Rockin' In The Free World

Bon Jovi

There are colors in the night
Red, white and blue
People shufflin' their feet
People swimmin' in their shoes

There's a warming sign on the road ahead
Some people are sayin', "We'd better off dead"
I Don't feel like Satan, but I am to them
So I try to forget it, any way I can

So keep on rockin' in the free world
Keep on rockin' in the free world
Keep on rockin' in the free world
Keep on rockin' in the free world
Free world

I see a woman in the night
With a baby in her hand
By an old street light
Near a garbage can

She puts the kid away, she's gone to get a hit
She hates her life and what she's done to it
There's one more kid that will never go to school
Never get to fall in love, never get to be cool

Keep on rockin' in the free world
Keep on rockin' in the free world
Keep on rockin' in the free world
Keep on rockin' in the free world
Free world

We got a thousand points of life
For the homeless man
We got this kinder, gentler
Machine gun hand

We got department stores and toilet paper
We got Styrofoam boxes for the ozone layer
I don't feel like people, wanna give them all life
I know the feel, goals to strive

Keep on rockin' in the free world
Keep on rockin' in the free world
Keep on rockin' in the free world
Keep on rockin' in the free world
Free world



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Rockin' in the Free World Lyrics as written by Neil Young Frank M. Sampedro

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    They play this neil young song live sometimes

    Aerofrogon December 28, 2006   Link
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    This is definitely on the the best cover version ever,especially the 1995 live performance in Johannesburg.

    jw1023on June 25, 2008   Link

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