I won't let you down, I will not give you up
Gotta have some faith in the sound
It's the one good thing that I've got
I won't let you down, so please don't give me up
Cause I would really, really love to stick around, oh yeah

Heaven knows I was just a young boy
Didn't know what I wanted to be
I was every little hungry schoolgirl's pride and joy
And I guess it was enough for me
To win the race, a prettier face
Brand new clothes and a big fat place
On your rock and roll TV
But today the way I play the game is not the same, no way
Think I'm gonna get me some happy

I think there's something you should know
I think it's time I told you so
There's something deep inside of me
There's someone else I've got to be
Take back your picture in a frame
Take back your singing in the rain
I just hope you understand
Sometimes the clothes do not make the man

All we have to do now
Is take these lies and make them true somehow
All we have to see
Is that I don't belong to you, and you don't belong to me

Freedom, I want let you down
Freedom, I will not give you up
Freedom, you gotta have faith in the sound
Freedom, you've gotta give for what you take

Freedom, I want let you down
Freedom, so please don't give me up
Freedom, cause I would really....
Freedom, you've gotta give for what you take
So stick around

Heaven knows we sure had some fun boy
What a kick just a buddy and me
We had every big shot good-time band on the run boy
We were living in a fantasy

We won the race, got out of the place
I went back home got a brand new face
For the boys on MTV
But today the way I play the game has got to change
Now I'm gonna get myself happy

I think there's something you should know
I think it's time I stopped the show
There's something deep inside of me
There's someone I forgot to be
Take back your picture in a frame
Don't think that I'll be back again
I just hope you understand
Sometimes the clothes do not make the man

All we have to do now
Is take these lies and make them true somehow
All we have to see
Is that I don't belong to you, and you don't belong to me

Freedom, I want let you down
Freedom, I will not give you up
Freedom, you gotta have some faith in the sound
Freedom, you've gotta give for what you take

Freedom, I want let you down
Freedom, so please don't give me up
Freedom, cause I would really....
Freedom, you've gotta give for what you take
So stick around, stick around

Well, it looks like the road to heaven
But it feels like the road to hell
When I knew which side my bread was buttered
I took the knife as well
Posing for another picture, everybody's got to sell
But when you shake your ass, they notice fast
And some mistakes were built to last

That's what you get, that's what you get
That's what you get, I say that's what you get
That's what you get for changing your mind
That's what you get for changing your mind

That's what you get, that's what you get
And after all this time
I just hope you understand
Sometimes the clothes do not make the man

All we have to do now
Is take these lies and make them true somehow
All we have to see
Is that I don't belong to you, and you don't belong to me

Freedom, freedom, my freedom
You've gotta give for what you take
Freedom, hold on to my freedom, my freedom
You've gotta give for what you take

May not be what you want from me
Just the way it's got to be
Lose the face now, I've got to live
I've got to live, I've got to live