I Want Freedom
Grand Funk Railroad

Don: Mel, hit that on the second intro.
Mel: (muffled)
Don: Yeah, I think it sounds better to stop it quick.
Mel: (muffled)
Don: Yeah.
Mel: (muffled)
Don: Okay, like you did, (noise) like you did, (noise) like you did, I'll stop my cymbal quick, then, on the second intro.
Mel: (muffled)

Don: Alright, alright.
?: (muffled)
Don: The tape is rolling.
?: (muffled)
Don: Here we go. This is Grand Funk Railroad and here comes the count. One, ...
?: Get on with it!
Don: One, two, three, four ...

(musical intro)

Don: Cut! Why did you stop that? Let all of them ring. The second intro, the second time he goes ... you know, in the song, when we go back into this part?
Mel: Yeah.
Don: That's what I mean. The first ...
Mel: (muffled)
Don: You know, like we're coming out of ... we're coming out of: da, dum, da; da, dum, da; da, dum, da, dum, da, da, da, da, da ... da ... dratum, bap! Stop that one.
Mel: (muffled)
Don: That's the only one.
Mel: (muffled)
Don: Just that one, let the rest of them ring. Okay. Here we go again, Grand Funk Railroad. Here we are ... Buddy R. Review, right here on ... on ... Want me to get on with it?
?: Get on with it!
One, two, (pause) Tape is rolling? Okay ... here we go ... One, two, three, four ...

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CHORUS
Just let me take it, my mind can't make it without ...
I can't take it, said I just can't make it.
Just let me take it, my mind can't make it without ...
I can't take it, so you best not take it.

I've been waitin' for such, such a long, long time,
To tell you all about these feelings of mine.
Something tells me there just has to be a better day,
And that's why I came here to say ...

CHORUS

Growing up, I was free in my childhood years,
And now they tell me I can wash away my tears.
These tears explain the way, it's the way that I feel,
Because the freedom they give me is real.

CHORUS

CHORUS

I want freedom, the kind that they promised me,
Just for livin' in this country.
I want the freedom, the kind that makes me feel strong,
But, let me tell you, something is wrong.

CHORUS

HALF-CHORUS


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Lyrics by Grand Funk Railroad

  1976   Aimless Lady   Ain't Got Nobody   Ain't Got Nobody   All The Girls In The World Beware   All The Girls In The World Beware!!!   All You've Got Is Money   All You've Got Is Money   Anybody's Answer   Anybody's Answer   Are You Ready   Are You Ready (Live)   Bad Time   Big Buns   Black Licorice   Born To Die   Call Yourself A Man   Can You Do It   Can't Be Too Long   Can't Be With You Tonight   Can't Be Too Long   Carry Me Through   Closer To Home   Closer To Home (I’m Your Captain)   Closer To Home / I'm Your Captain   Comfort Me   Country Road   Creepin'   Creepin'   Crossfire   Destitute & Loosin'   Destitute & Loosin'   Destitute And Losin'   Don't Let 'Em Take Your Gun   Don't Let 'em Take Your Gun   Dues   Feelin' Alright   Feelin' Alright   Flight Of The Phoenix   Flight of the Phoenix [Instrumental]   Footstompin Music   Footstompin'music   Footstompin'music   Freedom Is For Children   Get It Together   Gettin' Over You   Gettin' Over You   Gimme Shelter   Gimmie Shelter   Goin' For The Pastor   Goin' For The Pastor   Good & Evil   Good & Evil   Good And Evil   Good Things   Good Times   Got This Thing On The Move   Got This Thing on the Move [#]   Gotta Find Me A Better Day   Greed Of Man   Heartbreaker   High Falootin' Woman   High Falootin' Woman   High On A Horse   Hooked On Love   I Can Feel Him In The Morning   I Come Tumblin'   I Come Tumblin'   I Don't Have To Sing The Blues   I Don't Have To Sing The Blues   I Fell For Your Love   I Just Gotta Know   I'm Your Captain   In Need   In Need [live]   Inside Looking Out   Inside Looking Out [Live]   Into The Sun   Just Couldn't Wait   Just Couldn't Wait   Life   Little Johnny Hooker   Loco Motion   Loco-Motion   Locomotion   Loneliest Rider   Loneliness   Look At Granny Run Run   Love Is Dyin'   Love Is Dyin'   Mean Mistreater   Mean Mistreater [live]   Memories   Miss My Baby   Mr. Limousine Driver   Mr. Pretty Boy   No Lies   No Reason Why   Nothing Is The Same   Nowhere To Run   Out To Get You   Paranoid   Pass It Around   People, Let's Stop The War   People, Let's Stop The War   Please Don't Worry   Please Don't Worry   Please Me   Politician   Queen Bee   Rain Keeps Fallin'   Rain Keeps Fallin'   Release Your Love   Relese Your Love   Responsibility   Rock 'N Roll Soul   Rock 'n' Roll Soul   Rock & Roll Soul   Rock 'N Roll Soul   Rock and Roll Soul   Rubberneck   Runnin'   Runnin'   Sally   Save The Land   She Got To Move Me   Shinin On   Shinin' On   Shinin' On   Sin's A Good Man's Brother   Sin's A Good Man's Brother   So You Won't Have To Die   So You Won't Have To Die   Some Kind Of Wonderful   Some Kind of Wonderful [DVD][Live][#]   Someone   Sound of da Police   Stop Lookin' Back   Stop Lookin' Back   Stuck In The Middle   T. N. U. C.   T.N.U.C.   Take Me   Talk To The People   Testify   The Loco-Motion   The Loco-Motion [Instrumental]   The Locomotion   The Railroad   Time Machine   To Get Back In   Trying To Get Away   Ups And Downs   Upsetter   Wait For Me   Walk Like A Man   Walk Like a Man (You Can Call Me Your Man)   We Gotta Get Out Of This Place   We Gotta Get Out of This Place [Live]   Were An American Band   Wild   Winter And My Soul   Words Of Wisdom   Y.O.U   Y.O.U.

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