Thinking Allowed?

My mind was a timebomb
that was set to explode,
So I packed up my cares
into the sunset I rode,
A path to hell that's paved
with good intentions.
Well I guess you and I
will never see eye to eye
But if there's one thing I'll be
glad to know when I die,
It's that I never entertained your
"Can't Conventions".
Two men gaze from behind
their prison bars,
One man sees dirt,
The other sees stars.
I'm just thinking aloud,
Isn't thinking allowed?
Just let your mind wander
It may never come back,
Set off on a new train of thought
on lifes track.
I'm just thinking aloud,
Isn't thinking allowed?
Why is nobody thinking?
How can you call me a failure,
or a social defective,
When to find your own mind
you'd need a private detective?
I'm not a statistic or
a regular family man.
I don't give a damn about public relations,
I'll never live up to
your great expectations.
You can take or leave me
just the way I am.
Your straigh jacket emotions
only stifle and kill,
The spirit within us all
I call free will.
I'm just thinking aloud,
Isn't thinking allowed?
Two men gaze from behind
their prison bars,
One man sees dirt,
The other sees stars.
I'm just thinking aloud,
Isn't thinking allowed?