Jesse Winchester    If I Were Free  written by Jesse Winchester


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If I were free  what I would do 
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I'd run and lock myself away with you 
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And turn a ring  into a key 
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Oh  I know that's what I'd do 
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If I were free 
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If I were strong  I would be so mild 
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I would be strong enough to love you like a child 
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I would turn a cry  into a song 
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Oh  I know that's what I would do 
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If I were strong 
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If I were wise  then I would see 
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What makes you love a foolish man like me 
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I'd stand by you  just like a tree 
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Oh I know that's what I would do 
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I would chain myself to you 
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I would never leave this room if I were free 
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A line of birds across the sun 
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Darling it's my fate to follow on the run 
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But girl this running is not for me 
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I would never run again if I were free. 
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And here's just what I'd do 
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I would chain myself to you 
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I would never leave this room if I was free 



From Jesse Winchester  'Humour Me'
Sugar Hill Records
Fourth Floor Music/Hot Kitchen Music(ASCAP)