Young and Free

When I was livin' high and light,
I lived with passion, lived with might,
but I'd find a love, not pick a fight,
when I was young and free!

I'd travel round and shoot men straight,
I'd see each pub, and drink my weight,
My heart didn't have an ounce of hate,
for I was young and free!

But there was loss and there was war,
it beat me down, it beat me sore,
but I was strong right through my core,
for I was young and free!

As time went on it beat me down,
It turned this smile into a frown,
I felt like I began to drown.
I knew I wasn't free.

to live so free was a gift to me,
a gift I shunned, but now I see!
I lived a life so young and free,
but that's no longer me.

My work's a chain,
My life's a chain
I think I'm starting to go insane!
I liked to be so young and free,
and that's the life for me!

So I'll leave my work, I'll leave my store!
I'll leave my woman, I know's a whore!
For I won't settle to be a bore,
As I am young and free!

I am livin' high and light,
I live with passion, live with might,
and I'll find a love, not pick a fight,
for I am young and free!