| Her husband died in 1985
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| He worked at General Motors off 285
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| He saved their money and they bought a home
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| Lived there for twenty years or so
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| Now she’s free of the past, free of the grief
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| Free to live her life in peace
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| But the man next door, he built a house
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| And the man next door, he built a house
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| And now, like us, she’s upside down
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| Free ain’t free, baby, don’t you know
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| Free ain’t free, baby, don’t let go
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| Free ain’t free, free aren’t free
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| Free ain’t free, don’t you see
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| Welcome to the Land of the Free
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| Where the buffaloes roam and the antelope leap
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| Free to think, free to write
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| Free to protest, free to unite
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| Free to be you and me (Remember that?)
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| Free to see what I want to see
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| But somehow I always pay the price
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| Free ain’t free, baby, don’t you lie
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| Free ain’t free, baby, don’t you know
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| Free ain’t free if you try to let go
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| Free ain’t free, baby, don’t you lie
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| Free ain’t free, why are you surprised
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| Free ain’t free, free ain’t free
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| Free ain’t free
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| Free ain’t free to me
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| Free ain’t free to live
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| Free ain’t free to see
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| Free ain’t free to me
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| Ah you gotta be
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| Free ain’t free
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| Free ain’t free (Free)
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| Free ain’t free (Free)
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| Free ain’t free (Free)
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| Free ain’t free (Free)
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| Free ain’t free (Free)
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| Free ain’t free
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| Free ain’t free |