I want to be free - Elvis Presley

I want to be free (1957) (video)

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1. There's no joy in my heart, only sorrow,

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    and I'm sad as a man can be.

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    I sit alone in the darkness of my lonely room,

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    and this room is a prison to me.

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I look out my window, and what do I see ?

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I see a bird, way up in a tree.

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I wanna be free (oh, yes), free (oh, yes), free,

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I wanna be free, like the bird in the tree (wanna be free).

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2. Oh, what good are my eyes, they can't see you.

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    and my arms, they can't hold you so tight.

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    I have two lips that are yearning,

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    but they're no good to me,

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    'cause I know I can't kiss you tonight.

+  CHORUS

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+  I wanna be free,       like the bird in the tree (want to be free) !

(orig. = capo 2nd) (Elvis Presley)