[Chords: A - D]

1.

People talk about freedom
They don’t know what it means
They don’t lie awake all night
Listening to my heart scream

2.

I have been to the mountain
I have been thrown down
I have stood before the king
I have taken his crown

3.

And he said:
“You must find out what love means
You must weather its flames
And if you come out alive
I will give you a new name”

4.

I am calling America
I am calling her kings
Come out of hiding
Come out ye queens

5.

We have suffered long enough
Let us put away pain
We’ve got a hard road ahead of us
And we may end up in chains

6.

We must show them what love means
We must weather its flames
If we make it out alive
They may kill us the same

7.

But don’t give up on hope
Don’t let go of the dream
Though freedom is killing me
You must find out what it means

(La La La La … etc)