John Mellencamp - The So-Called Free
I went to Long Island
To look at a diamond ring
It sparkled so brightly in the window
But to me it didn't mean a thing
Both of us are sailors
And our words were noise on wing
Some lovers would buy it
And call it the wedding ring
★ Chorus ★
And you recognized the danger
That you saw inside of me
So we both took a different road home
And said "Hello" and "Goodbye"
To the land of the so-called free
★ Verse 2 ★
Now you got some change
Janglin' round in your purse
You used to call me a mean ol' daddy
But what made me mad was worse
You were just as crazy
Just as crazy as me
Two monsters laid out naked don't makе no family
★ Chorus ★
And we both saw the danger
Likе the skin that crossed our skinned up knees
We were both worthless as money
In the land of the so-called free
★ Verse 3 ★
Relative of mine
Took a gun to his head
Life just is to boring
Is what his little note said
A permanent solution
To a temporary thought
No heroes nowhere
No dreams could be caught
★ Chorus ★
You recognize the danger
So no happiness, please
He was just getting even some
In the land of the so-called free
★ Verse 4 ★
There's a song you can sing
When you're feeling down
Has a sweet little melody
Take away a frown
It's sort of repetitious
Says something about bein' free
Seems to make sense to a lot of people
But it makes no sense to me
★ Chorus ★
I recognize the danger
Of all these false prophesies
Just leanin' on a cane in the corner
In the land of the so-called free
In the land of the so-called free
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John Mellencamp has released 22 studio albums, with a career that began in 1976 and still goes on today.