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 (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 (said 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 (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 to 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 (yeah, yeah)

Freedom (I won't let you down)
Freedom (I will not give you up)
Freedom (gotta have some faith in the sound)
You got to give what you take (it's the one good thing that I've got)

Freedom (I won't let you down)
Freedom (so, please, don't give me up)
Freedom ('cause I would really, really love)
You got to give what you take (to stick around)

Heaven knows we sure had some fun, boy
What a kick, just a buddy and me (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 (said we were living in a fantasy)
We won the race, got out of the place
Went back home, got a brand new face for the boys on MTV (boys on MTV)

But today the way I play the game has got to change, oh, yeah (oh, yeah)
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 to 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 (yeah, yeah)

Freedom (I won't let you down)
Freedom (I will not give you up)
Freedom (gotta have some faith in the sound)
You got to give what you take (it's the one good thing that I've got)

Freedom (I won't let you down)
Freedom (so, please, don't give me up)
Freedom ('cause I would really, really love)
You got to give what you take (to stick around, to 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
I say 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 (oh, yeah)
Is to 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 (yeah, yeah)

Freedom (oh)
Freedom
(My) freedom
You got to give what you take
Freedom
(I'll hold on to my) freedom
(My) freedom
You got to give what you take (you got to give what)
(To give what, to give what you take)

Yeah
You got to give what, to give what, to give

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