Lonely are the free (video)

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1. Lonely are the free 'cause there ain't that many of them,

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they don't walk like you and me.

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They just tumble in the breeze lighter than a feather,

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all together, separately.

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That's how it's s'posed to be, no matter where they wander,

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from post to in between, from here to over yonder.

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There's no place for them to land, lonely are the free.

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2. The silent are the strong,

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not so much as a whisper tells you anything is wrong.

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You've known all along,

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but you can't help but listen, and now the moment's gone.

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It keeps you hanging on until the stillness signalling

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the breaking of the dawn is shattered by the sirens,

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singing sacrificial songs, the silent are the strong. + C - Am - C - Am

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That's all they used to see,

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a violent shadow passing 'cross the sun so fleetingly.

That if you have to ask you miss it,

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anyway you see, lonely are the free. + C - Am - C - Am - C

(Steve Earle)